Apollo Guidance Computer — and DSKY Invented by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Manufacturer Raytheon Introduced August 1966 … Wikipedia
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Parking guidance and information — (PGI) systems, or car park guidance systems, present drivers with dynamic information on parking within controlled areas. The systems combine traffic monitoring, communication, processing and variable message sign technologies to provide the… … Wikipedia
D-37C — The D 37C is the computer component of the all inertial NS 17 Missile Guidance Set (MGS) for accurately navigating to its target thousands of miles away. The NS 17 MGS was used in the Minuteman II (LGM 30F) ICBM. The MGS, originally designed and… … Wikipedia
Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… … Wikipedia
AZUSA — refers to a ground based radar tracking system installed at Cape Canaveral, Florida and the NASA Kennedy Space Center. AZUSA dated back to the early 1950s and was named after the southern California town (Azusa, California) where the system was… … Wikipedia
Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references … Wikipedia
D-17B — Autonetics D 17 guidance computer from a Minuteman I missile. The D 17B is a computer used in missile guidance systems, specifically the Minuteman I NS 1OQ missile guidance system, which contains a D 17B computer, the associated stable platform,… … Wikipedia
navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… … Universalium