"Geographical Position Finder" used by John Glenn to study the constellations during his NASA Project Mercury training

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1960

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The Ohio State University

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Large "Geographical Position Finder" produced by the National Geographic Society, consisting of maps of the northern and southern hemispheres drawn on polar azimuthal equi-distant projection, upon which are rotating maps of the celestial hemispheres on clear acrylic disks and rotating clear acrylic 24-hour time disks, used by John Glenn to study the constellations during his NASA Project Mercury training in 1960-1962.
Artifact Size: 31W by 16.75H.
Credit: John Glenn Archives, The Ohio State University.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/83755

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Mementos (John H. Glenn Archives Artifacts)