Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Kollsman Instrument Company
- Summary
- Apollo astronauts navigated from Earth orbit to the Moon and back in part by taking star sightings. The Command Module contained a sextant and a scanning telescope for this purpose. Sightings taken by the astronauts with these devices were translated into data that was processed by the on-board digital computer.
- This sextant, made by the Kollsman Instrument Company, may have flown on Apollo 4, an unmanned test flight.
- Transferred from NASA to the Museum in 1972.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19720307000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Guidance & Control
- Materials
- Rubber, aluminum, stainless steel, glass, paint, ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 21 x 10.2 x 10.8cm (8 1/4 x 4 x 4 1/4 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_A19720307000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96d03aa0a-5c78-4e52-a8e5-8b9ce366721a
