 He then attended the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and, upon graduation, served as an astronaut with the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program from August 1967 until the program was canceled in June 1969.Abrahamson never flew in space, and therefore does not wear astronaut wings.Abrahamson then served on the staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Council in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.