Multimedia Gallery
- Media Type: Photograph
Alfred Loomis pioneered the key navigation technology of LORAN.
The pilot had to hold the control stick under the table while plotting with his other hand.
Jan van Leyden, Dutch vessels destroying the English fleet near Chatham, England, painted 1670.
This painting by Ludolf Backhuysen depicts three Dutch cargo ships.
Here, Crosby describes how a bit of trivia he knew about his favorite composer led him to divert a target of opportunity strike on Bonn, Germany, when his primary target was obscured. By happenstance, Bonn was spared from heavy damage afterward. Its intact condition after the war made it the logical choice as the capital of West Germany.
First tested by Pioneer 4, this 26-meter antenna would later become part of the Deep Space Network.
This antenna at Goldstone, California has become a symbol of space communication.
An astrodome provided an enclosed area from which a navigator could take sightings.
A combine, driven by farmer Tim Bardole, harvesting corn on his farm in Iowa. The combine is outfitted with a GPS guidance system.
The atomic clocks in the GPS system are so accurate that they take into account Albert Einstein’s understanding of time, space, and relativity.
