Multimedia Gallery
- Media Type: Artifact
Information about the ship’s position, speed, heading, and attitude were constantly transmitted from the Ship's Inertial Navigation System (SINS).
A modified IBM Selectric typewriter connected to a control unit provided input and output for the system computers.
Space Shuttles used onboard star trackers to locate their position in space with high accuracy.
Marine Chronometer, signed William Bond & Son, about 1867.
This sword made from shark teeth was collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition in the Gilbert Islands.
The certification set for the first-general aviation LORAN-C receiver.
It reduced computations for celestial sightings through the use of the Greenwich Hour Angle.
Books published by the Weems System of Navigation.
Route map created by Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh after their flight in the Tingmissartoq.