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This compact averaging sextant was widely used in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
This electo-mechanical system computed positions based on a series of dead reckoning inputs.
One of the most common navigation watches produced, with many used by the U.S. military well into the Cold War era.
The first LORAN receiver for aircraft use to enter service.
This scrap of paper was found in the Tingmissartoq’s octant case.
To determine position in space, an Apollo astronaut located a specific star using a telescope and then took a fix using a sextant.
This pair of Weems-type second-setting “avigation” watches in a shock-mounted case dates from about 1934.
Its principal purpose was to determine magnetic variation.
An astrodome provided an enclosed area from which a navigator could take sightings.
Ed Collen, a NASA engineer, built this prototype device as a backup for Apollo astronauts in case their primary navigation system failed.
