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2 months ago

꒰୨୧◞ 。𝐀 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 + 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆

— 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄𝐒 ✶⋆.˚ ⋆ 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓٠ ࣪⭑ ⋆ 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄 ๋࣭⭑ ⋆ 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄 ✦ . ⁺

Navigating Space by the Stars

A sextant is a tool for measuring the angular altitude of a star above the horizon and has helped guide sailors across oceans for centuries. It is now being tested aboard the International Space Station as a potential emergency navigation tool for guiding future spacecraft across the cosmos. The Sextant Navigation investigation will test the use of a hand-held sextant that utilizes star sighting in microgravity.

Read more about how we’re testing this tool in space!

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