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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1964-01610
Date : 02/07/1964

Title

Rendezvous Docking Simulator

Full Description

Multiple exposure of Rendezvous Docking Simulator. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - roll, pitch, yaw, and translation in any direction - all controllable by the astronaut in the spacecraft. The controls fed into a computer which in turn provided an input to the servos driving the spacecraft so that it responded to control motions in a manner which accurately simulated the Gemini spacecraft.

Keywords

Astronaut Training Rendezvous Docking Simulator Gemini Langley

Subject Category

Simulators, Mercury-Gemini Spacecraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1964-01610
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001278

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA William Salyer
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 90 71 8
Small .jpg 640 506 185
Medium .jpg 1500 1185 770
Large .jpg 3000 2370 2,579

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