The main goal of America’s space program in...  ...t one classified project had a different goal- to spy on the USSR. As satellites were developed, both sides started using them for...

Since the Gemini program, NASA has allowed astrona...  ...ional Reconnaissance Office (NRO), which launches spy satellites . Those patches aren’t as well publicized, a...  ...sion patches.Today NRO launches about four to six satellites per year, including the NROL-35 mission, with the...  .... The public s...