Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Honeywell Inc.
- Summary
- This device is part of the Attitude Control and Maneuver Electronics (ACME) for the Gemini spacecraft designed by Honeywell, Inc. The ACME provided attitude control, automatically or manually, during all flight phases of a mission. It worked in conjunction with the spacecraft rate gyros, inertial platform, horizon sensors, computer, and hand inputs to provide commands to the craft's thrusters.
- This specimen was installed on the Gemini 8 spacecraft, which flew in March 1966.
- Transferred by NASA to the Museum in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19700205000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Flight Management
- Materials
- Case: aluminum.
- Electronic components made of different materials inside.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 41.9 x 21.6 x 12.7cm (16 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Human Spaceflight
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19700205000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c64df64e-e480-4a11-b64b-ff36542147f4
