Container, D-9 Experiment, Gemini
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Unknown
- Summary
- This is a container to hold the sextant used in the Department of Defense D9 experiment successfully conducted during the Gemini IV and VII missions. The experiment developed data on observable phenomena and procedures which could be used for manual spacecraft navigation. The calculated uncertainity from the sextant sightings was less than the spacecraft position computed from radar tracking data. This container was not flown in space. It is not known who made it. NASA transferred the container to NASM in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
- Inventory Number
- A19680346000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Fiberglass
- Paint
- Aluminum
- Synthetic Fabric
- Adhesive
- Nylon Webbing
- Velcro
- Rubber/Neoprene
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 16.8 x 18.4 x 15.2cm (6 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 6 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_A19680346000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bf2cceed-f86f-4c61-8290-c4e41e30b8a0
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