Object Details
Manufacturer
IBM Corporation
Summary
This is an on-board guidance computer designed and built for Project Gemini. This computer was flown on the second Gemini mission, which tested the basic spacecraft configuration in a brief, unmanned suborbital flight in January, 1965.
Gemini computers were digital, real-time, solid state computers, which provided on-board guidance, navigation, and control, especially to assist the astronauts in the rendezvous with other space craft in Earth orbit. They were built for NASA by the Federal Systems Division of IBM, located in Owego, New York.
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventory Number
A19680032000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
INSTRUMENTS-Computers, General Purpose
Materials
Electronic circuits mounted on resin circuit boards, connected to one another by wire bundles. Metal housing.
Dimensions
3-D: 38.1 x 32.4 x 47cm, 26.1kg (15 x 12 3/4 x 18 1/2 in., 57 1/2lb.)
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_A19680032000