Multimedia Gallery
- Media Type: Artifact
This compact projector used film strips to overlay star curves onto special plotting charts to determine lines of position.
The Mark IIB Pelorus drift sight was lighter than most drift sights, but required more work to use.
It was lighter than most drift sights, but required more work to use.
Widely used by navigators in the Navy during World War II and the early Cold War.
Mask, Oregon Territory
Beginning in 1961, U.S. manned space missions were controlled from this room, "Mercury Control," at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Used for plotting on larger aircraft, such as bombers and transports.
This is a model of a platform that is isolated from the movements of the ship, allowing those movements to be measured.
The Motorola LGT 1000 was used for better accuracy by scientists.
This mid-1950s era VOR receiver helped usher in a new era of all-weather navigation capability for light aircraft at moderate cost.
