SPACE NAVIGATION
1968 · Department of Defense, Defense Imagery (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Department of Defense. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Department of Defense
- DoD production number
- PIN 27982
- Internet Archive item
- gov.dod.dimoc.27982 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
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Department of Defense PIN 27982 SPACE NAVIGATION SHOWS TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT USED IN LUNAR MISSIONS. SUMMARIZES ACCURACY ACHIEVED IN INTERPLANETARY TRAJECTORY. CITES METHODS USED IN TARGET POSITIONING, PRECISE WAYS OF DETERMINING TARGET COURSE, AND 20TH CENTURY TOOLS IN MEASURING. DEMONSTRATES BASE TRACKING TECHNIQUES AND NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUES IN MEASURING VELOCITIES. EXPLAINS HOW TO DETERMINE CURRENT POSITION AND CORRECT COURSE. STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF GATHERING EXPERIENCE FOR MORE COMPLEX MISSIONS.