Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Honeywell Inc.
- Summary
- This system contained a set of gyroscopes that assisted in the guidance, navigation and control of the Gemini spacecraft. It was installed and flown on the Gemini 3 mission on March 23, 1965, piloted by Virgil Grissom and John Young.
- A major difference between Project Gemini and its predecessor, Project Mercury, was its goal of changing the spacecraft's orbit and rendezvousing with other spacecraft. The Gemini spacecraft therefore required an on-board guidance capability that was much greater than Mercury's. This inertial system provided a stable platform, which provided information to an on-board digital computer. This information enabled the Gemini astronauts to maneuver their craft in space.
- Transferred from NASA to the National Air and Space Museum in 1972.
- Credit Line
- Transfer from National Aeronautics and Space Admnistration
- Inventory Number
- A19720356000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
- Materials
- Case: metal, possibly magnesium.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 35.6 x 22.9 x 25.4cm (14 x 9 x 10 in.)
- 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_A19720356000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99546d8e9-131d-45e1-803f-c5e3db767874
