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SECURITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR NASA 

PARTICIPATION IN THE DOD MANNED ORBITING 

LABORATORY PROGRAM 

SECURITY POLICY: 

1. Information relating to military payloads and military 

payloads studies, studies relating to man's ability to 

perform functions associated with these military payloads 

and vehicle configuration data confirming the mission of 

these military payloads, will bear a minimum security 

classification of SECRET and will be controlled "Special 

Access" in accordance with provisions of this directive. 

2. The need-to-know principles of security will be 

rigidly applied to all such information on the basis of 

need for specific information and with specific justification as to the field of interest. 
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3. The specific justifi ation as to field of interest 

will be related to specific individual payloads and payload 

studies or to information concerning the laboratory vehicle 

revealing military payload data. 

SECURITY PROCEDURES: 

1. The approval for access to such information in all 

instances will be made by the Associate Administrator of 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Associate 

Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA; the Associate 

Administrator for Space Science and Applications, NASA; the 

Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology, NASA; and by those Directors of NASA Centers to 

whom such authority will be specifically delegated by the 

Associate Administrator, NASA. Lists will be maintained 

of all NASA and NASA contractor employees so approved. 
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2. All information fal ing within the definition of paragraph 1 of Security Policy (above) will be marked "Special 

Access/MOL Program" in addition to normal security classification markings, and will be divulged to only those individuals 

who have been duly approved for access. 

3. Contractors utilized by NASA will submit lists of 

individuals requiring special access under this program to 

the appropriate NASA Centers for approval. The lists of 

individuals approved for special access under these provisions 

would be filed with the appropriate Department of Defense 

Cognizant Security Officer for that facility. The Directors 

of the NASA Centers will have the authority to delegate 

to the design study contractors, the authority to grant 
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interim 30 days special access, in those cases where there 

is clear indication that normal access approval processing 

would materially prejudice meeting the contract deadline. 

4. The Department of Defense Cognizant Security Officer 

at each facility engaged in this program will insure 

compliance on the part of the contractors, and will bring 

all violations to the immediate attention of the appropriab 

NASA Center Director. 

PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMATION POLICY 

All public release of information by the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration pertaining to the 

Department of Defense MOL Program will be subject to 

coordination and approval of the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Public Affairs). 

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NRO APPROVED FOR 

RELEASE 1 JULY 2015 

SECURITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR NASA 

PARTICIPATION IN THE DOD MANNED ORBITING 

LABORATORY PROGRAM 

SECURITY POLICY: 

1. Information relating to military payloads and military 

payloads studies, studies relating to man's ability to 

perform functions associated with these military payloads 

and vehicle configuration data confirming the mission of 

these military payloads, will bear a minimum security 

classification of SECRET and will be controlled "Special 

Access" in accordance with provisions of this directive. 

2. The need-to-know principles of security will be 

rigidly applied to all such information on the basis of 

need for specific information and with specific justification as to the field of interest. 

3. The specific justification as to field of interest 

will be related to specific individual payloads and payload 

studies or to information concerning the laboratory vehicle 

revealing military payload data. 
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SECURITY PROCEDURES: 

1. The approval for access to such information in all 

instances will be made by the Associate Administrator of 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Associate 

Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA; the Associate 

Administrator for Space and Scientific Applications, NASA; 

the Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and 

Technology, NASA; and to- those Directors of NASA Centers 

to whom such authority will be specifically delegated by 

the Associate Administrator, NASA. Lists will be maintained 

of all NASA and NASA contractor employees so approved. 

2. All information falling within the definition of paragraph 1 of Security Policy (above) will be marked "Special 

Access/MOL Program" in addition to normal security classification markings, and will be divulged to only those individuals 

who have been duly approved for access. 

3. Contractors utilized by NASA will submit lists of 

individuals requiring special access under this program to 

the appropriate NASA Centers for approval. The lists of 

individuals approved for special access under these provisions 

would be filed with the appropriate Department of Defense 

Cognizant Security Officer for that facility. The Directors 
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of the NASA Centers will have the authority to delegate 

to the design study contractors, the authority to grant 

interim 30 days special access, in those cases where there 

is clear indication that normal access approval processing 

would materially prejudice meeting the contract deadline. 

4. The Department of Defense Cognizant Security Officer 

at each facility engaged in this program will insure 

compliance on the part of the contractors, and will bring 

all violations to the immediate attention of the appropriate 

NASA Center Director. 

PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMATION POLICY: 

All public release of information by the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration pertaining to the 

Department of Defense MOL Program will be subject to 

coordination and approval of the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Public Affairs).