Object Details
Manufacturer
Unknown
Summary
The Gemini Program's Apollo Landmark Project was designed to perfect an emergency procedure by which the planned Apollo mission astronauts could update the spacecraft guidance and navigation computers by inputting precise position information of preselected Earth landmarks. Booklets containing maps of candidate landmarks and related data charts were prepared and carried by Gemini and Apollo astronauts. This booklet was prepared for the Gemini VII mission, which had as an objective the photography from orbit of a number of the selected landmarks. The same booklet may have also been carried aboard Apollo 8.
The booklet was retained by the Manned Space Flight Center (later JSC) for public display as having been flown on Apollo 8. Ownership was transferred to the Smithsonian in 1977.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19770578000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Maps (Archives)
Materials
Cardboard
Paper
Ink
Steel
Velcro
Plastic
Clear Adhesive Tape
Photographic Emulsion
Dimensions
3-D (When Closed): 27.9 × 24.1 × 3.8cm (11 × 9 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
3-D (When Book is Open): 28.6 × 44.4 × 2.7cm (11 1/4 in. × 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. × 1 1/16 in.)
2-D - Unframed (H x W) (First Map, Unfolded): 44 × 52.1cm (1 ft. 5 5/16 in. × 1 ft. 8 1/2 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19770578000