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HomeHistory and StudiesCenter for the Study of National ReconnaissanceOrganizational and Program Histories

Organizational and Program Histories

Organizational Program Histories are written as research publications exploring the history of national reconnaissance. The goal is to document the NRO's legacy and to provide a historical framework for policy and programmatic decisions.

  • 4C-1000 -- The Untold Story of the NRO Headquarters Staff (1962 - 1990) (PDF 11 MB)
  • Meet the Astronauts of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory video (filmed 21 June 2019)
  • The 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the End of the A-12 OXCART video (filmed 22 June 2018)
  • Bridgehead: Eastman Kodak Company's Covert Photoreconnaissance Film Processing Program
  • The DORIAN Files Revealed: A Compendium of the NRO's Manned Orbiting Laboratory Documents (36.8 MB)
  • Perry History
  • Congress and the National Reconnaissance Office
  • The National Reconnaissance Office at 50 Years: A Brief History, second edition
  • GRAB and POPPY: America's Early ELINT Satellites
  • A History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program
  • SAMOS to the Moon: The Clandestine Transfer of Reconnaissance Technology Between Government Agencies
  • Spies in Space: Reflections on National Reconnaissance and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory
  • NRO Almanac 2016, Second edition

 

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