Space Test Program Experiments
M88-1 on STS-44. M88-1 was part of the Military Man in Space (MMIS) program. At this time the military was trying to decide if it had a manned requirement in space. This program evaluated the capability of man in space to enhance air, naval and ground force operations and assessed the feasibility of observations of space debris while in orbit. M88-1 was a test of what a manned (military) observer in space could accomplish. The collective results from this experiment and others were essentially that the Department of Defense did not see utility in manned space and the MMIS program was cancelled. The DoD focused on robotic systems that we fly today. (USAF photo)
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