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I just acquired the “horse collar” frame that held the Internal Measurement Unit Gyro Ball in the Apollo CM. It makes the perfect display base.

The Guidance & Navigation (G&N) system was developed by the MIT Instrumentation Lab, under the very first Apollo contract after Kennedy’s speech. Here is a cool 1-minute video on this “ball of wizardry and magic” and a short I posted of my spinning.

On the right is Pilat’s doll’s painting of it, her first sale.

2 responses to “Apollo Command Module G&N Systems Reunited”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    I have all of these elements now, a lovely reunion in the making! For example, the sextant that connects at the recessed region on top of the "horse collar" above, this was the first to fly on AS-202The original Apollo Sextant from flight AS-202Indicator Control Panel from the cancelled Apollo 2 Command ModuleApollo 2 Command Module G&N Indicator Control PanelEyepiece Stowage Case, with Alarm CodesApollo Command Module Computer Alarm Code Placard from the KSC SimulatorAnd my earlier post on the IMU Gyro BallApollo Lunar Module Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) ā€” G&N Gyro BallDSKYApollo DSKY from CM SimulatorComplete AGC from LM-2Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) and Navigation System from the second Lunar Module, LM-2With Buzz in the trainer As painted by PilatYutta and Pilat ā€” Space Artifact PaintersOther views:Post on the horse collar Apollo CM Block II PGNCS Navigation Base

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  2. Ro-bot-tens Avatar
    Ro-bot-tens

    I geek out to your photos, and especially the stories you post about them.

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