Object Details
- Manufacturer
- IBM Corporation
- Summary
- This is a guidance computer designed and built for Project Gemini, a two-man spacecraft. It flew on the Gemini 8 mission, on March 16, 1966, piloted by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott.
- Gemini Guidance Computers were stored-program, digital, real-time, solid state computers, which provided on-board calculations for pre-launch and re-entry, as well as back-up guidance for the launch vehicle during ascent. They were built for NASA by the Federal Systems Division of IBM, located in Owego, New York.
- Transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19680264000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
- Materials
- Anodized Aluminum
- Magnesium
- Ferrous Alloy
- Plastics
- Unknown Coating
- Electronic Components
- Paint
- Ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Hexboard Storage): 81.3 × 66 × 35.6cm, 30.4kg (2 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. 2 in., 67lb.)
- 3-D (Computer, Guidance, Gemini 8): 48.3 × 36.8 × 33cm, 2.7kg (1 ft. 7 in. × 1 ft. 2 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 1 in., 6lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680264000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c7ce7ad6-788e-416b-aa2b-bdc588708434
