The Apollo Education Experience Project
Building a full-scale Apollo Command Module replica
At the top center of Panel 2 (the center panel) of the main control panel are two 4×6 matrices of indicator lights, known collectively as “Caution and Warning Lights” (or C&W lights). My original intent was to build them with standard LEDs and have them illuminate all at once when
One of the more unique instruments on the Apollo Command Module control panel was the “talkback annunciator,” or simply “talkback.” This was an electromechanical device (think relay or solenoid) that would display one of two appearances depending on the input signal. These were usually used to indicate positions of valves,
I wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing in some meaningful way at some meaningful location. However, most of the events either cost an arm and a leg (such as the event at Kennedy Space Center in Florida) or involve significant travel (such as the
The Computer Museum of America in Roswell, Georgia, had a pre-launch celebration for donors and guests on July17, 2019. I was invited as the guest of S&T Geotronics, who had donated replicas of the Open DSKY and the Enigma to the museum. Since the public grand opening of the museum
Now that I had the countdown displays working, I really wan’t content with not simulating any other aspect of the EMS. I could simulate the orientation lights fairly easily, but how could I simulate the scrolling graph? I really didn’t want to create a motorized assembly that would really scroll
