Mockup, Crew Station, Gemini
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Ling Temco-Vought
- Summary
- This Gemini Crew Station was used at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center) in Houston for crew training in the techniques for in-flight docking with the Agena target vehicle. A separate Agena mockup was mounted on air bearings to allow horizontal and vertical translations, as well as pitch, roll, and yaw maneuvers. Either the pilots or computers could control the relative motion between the Agena mockup and the simulated Gemini capsule. The Gemini Crew Station did not itself move, as all relative motions were simulated through the movements of the Agena mockup. The Smithsonian received this artifact from NASA in Houston via the manufacturer, Ling-Temco-Vought, in 1968.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19680579000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Training Devices
- Materials
- wood?
- Dimensions
- Overall: 130 in. tall x 89 in. diameter at base (330.2 x 226.06cm)
- 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_A19680579000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96943a371-6547-4254-b15b-22bd4fd17561
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