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- Topic: Significant Voyages
Pioneer 4 achieved enough velocity to escape Earth’s gravity, but its trajectory past the Moon was off by a wide margin.
Lindbergh carried (but did not use) a drift meter like this on his flight to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis.
Lindbergh relied on this type of compass in the Spirit of St. Louis to maintain course on the way to Paris until it malfunctioned.
This octant was used by the Lindberghs in the Tingmissartoq.
Pipe, Oregon Territory
A sketch by Charles Wilkes during the U.S. Exploring Expedition.
The PN-9 after "sailing" to Hawaii.
Pontella, Indian Ocean (Pontella speciosa, Pontella detonsa ?, Pontella princeps, Pontella fera, Pontella valida)
James Lovell was an Apollo astronaut who navigated to the Moon and back twice.
Harold Gatty designed this drift indicator in 1930 and used it on his 1931 around-the-world flight with Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae.