Ken Shirriff on Nostr: When landing on the Moon, the astronauts watched an instrument called the FDAI that ...
When landing on the Moon, the astronauts watched an instrument called the FDAI that showed the spacecraft's orientation. The ball inside the Flight Director/Attitude Indicator rotated in three axes as the Lunar Module rotated. Let's look inside and see how it works. 1/N
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