The Vintage Space
Season 1 • Episode 5: How Apollo Astronauts Didn't Get Lost Going to the Moon • Watch with subtitles
Episode 5: How Apollo Astronauts Didn't Get Lost Going to the Moon
June 13, 2019 • 8 min
Rather that relying on mission control for navigation the Apollo spacecraft had on-board navigation. This was the cold war after all and NASA was concerned about Soviet jamming. The navigation system relied on good old dead reckoning adapted for three dimensions.
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