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Gemini guidance and control.

Gemini guidance and control, discussing design, ground monitoring, launch and flight guidance, spacecraft instrumentation, maneuvering, etc

SPACE RENDEZVOUS MANEUVER↗

Guidance and control engineering.

Guidance and control technology examining inertial guidance systems, Apollo space system, gyros, accelerometers and computers

INERTIAL GUIDANCE↗

Gemini - Guidance and control.

Gemini guidance and control, discussing design, ground monitoring, launch and flight guidance, spacecraft instrumentation, maneuvering, etc

SPACECRAFT GUIDANCE↗

Rendezvous Guidance Technology

The literature on rendezvous guidance technology is reviewed and a bibliography of about 160 documents is presented. The importance of the proper selection of the ascent trajectory and of the orbit for a manned space station or an orbiting launch complex is emphasized. The way the launch delay problem affects the selection of the ascent trajectory and the target orbit is discussed. A specific ascent trajectory and an orbit for a manned space station or an orbiting launch complex is recommended on the premise that launch delay problems will continue to outweigh most of the other orbit selection criteria. A new method for determining the velocity corrections required for mid-course guidance is proposed . The proposed methods consist of an "exact-numerical" solution of the relative equations of motion in the "Shell-coordinate system." The proposed "exact-numerical" method extends the applicability of the mid- course equations to a much greater range than that of the currently available linear methods .

Trajectory↗

Studies in the fields of space flight and guidance theory progress report no. 7, 23 jul. 1964 - 1 apr. 1965

The progress reports of NASA-sponsored studies in the areas of space flight and guidance theory are presented. The studies are carried on by several universities and industrial companies. This progress report covers the period from July 23, 1964 to April 1, 1965. The contracts are technically supervised by personnel of the Astrodynamics and Guidance Theory Division, Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory, Marshall Space Flight Center.

NASA Program↗

Guidance computer design

Some 22 years have elapsed since the first digital computer was completed. For the past several years, digital guidance computers have flown in airplanes, missiles, and rockets. Some of these vehicles are scarcely bigger than an early computer, whose performance is surpassed by the guidance computers they carry.

APOLLO SPACECRAFT↗

Simulation and flight test evaluation of head-up-display guidance for harrier approach transitions

Position and speed guidance displays for STOVL aircraft curved, decelerating approaches to hover and vertical landing have been evaluated for their effectiveness in reducing pilot workload and improving performance. The NASA V/STOL Systems Research Aircraft, a modified YAV-8B Harrier prototype, was used to evaluate the displays in flight, whereas the NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator was used to extend the flight test results to instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and to examine performance in various conditions of wind and turbulence. The simulation data showed close correlation with the flight test data, and both demonstrated the feasibility of the displays. With the exception of the hover task in zero visibility, which was level-3, averaged Copper-Harper handling qualities ratings given during simulation were level-2 for both the approach task and the hover task in all conditions. During flight tests in calm and clear conditions, the displays also gave rise to level-2 handling qualities ratings. Pilot opinion showed that the guidance displays would be useful in visual flight, especially at night, as well as in IMC.

HARRIER APPROACH↗