Gemini Space Navigation

I'm interested in the equipment used during Gemini for rendevous without
the radar working. I understand that one of the astronauts used a
modified sextant and slide rules to navigate to a docking. Is the
official NASA documentation of these procedures available? Thanks,

David

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:47:42 GMT, David Findlay
wrote:

I'm interested in the equipment used during Gemini for rendevous without
the radar working. I understand that one of the astronauts used a
modified sextant and slide rules to navigate to a docking. Is the
official NASA documentation of these procedures available? Thanks,

David


The Gemini 12 Mission Report has a section on
Manual Navigation Sightings using a sextant.

The URL where the report can be downloaded is listed below.
The section on Manual Navigation Sightings starts on Page 8-74 (PDF
page 538).

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Gemini Program Mission Report - Gemini 12

NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
NASA-TM-X-61606; MSC-G-R-67-1 , 19670101; Jan 1, 1967

Accession ID: 79N76139
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1979076631.pdf
Document ID: 19790076631
Updated/Added to NTRS: 2004-11-03

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Rusty

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:34:56 -0700, Rusty
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:47:42 GMT, David Findlay
wrote:

I'm interested in the equipment used during Gemini for rendevous without
the radar working. I understand that one of the astronauts used a
modified sextant and slide rules to navigate to a docking. Is the
official NASA documentation of these procedures available? Thanks,

David


The Gemini 12 Mission Report has a section on
Manual Navigation Sightings using a sextant.

The URL where the report can be downloaded is listed below.
The section on Manual Navigation Sightings starts on Page 8-74 (PDF
page 538).

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Gemini Program Mission Report - Gemini 12

NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
NASA-TM-X-61606; MSC-G-R-67-1 , 19670101; Jan 1, 1967

Accession ID: 79N76139
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1979076631.pdf
Document ID: 19790076631
Updated/Added to NTRS: 2004-11-03

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Rusty

Here's another publication:

Sextant sighting measurements from on board the Gemini 12 spacecraft
Lampkin, B. A.; Smith, D. W.
NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
NASA-TN-D-4952 , 19681201; Dec 1, 1968
Sextant sighting measurements from on board Gemini 12 spacecraft
Accession ID: 69N14332
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1969005000.pdf
Document ID: 19690005000
Updated/Added to NTRS: 2005-05-17


Rusty

The Gemini 12 Mission Report has a section on
Manual Navigation Sightings using a sextant.

The URL where the report can be downloaded is listed below.
The section on Manual Navigation Sightings starts on Page 8-74 (PDF
page 538).

Thanks,

David