Indicator, Attitude Director (ADI), Space Shuttle, Columbia
Object Details
- Summary
- This attitude-director indicator (ADI) instrument was removed from the Space Shuttle Columbia during its upgrade to an electronic "glass cockpit" in 2000. The instrument gave the crew attitude information as well as attitude rate and attitude errors. The orbiter's attitude was displayed on an enclosed ball ("eight ball") that was gimbaled and marked with numbers indicating angles. The ball moved in response to software-generated inputs to depict the orbiter's attitude in pitch, yaw and roll.
- NASA transferred the set of Columbia's old cockpit instruments to the Museum in 2005.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA Kennedy Space Center and United Space Alliance
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A20050413000
- Manufacturer
- Lear Siegler Inc.
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed-Instruments & Payloads
- Materials
- Stainless steel, aluminum, anodized aluminum, paint, metal, plastic, Velcro
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 15.2 x 26 x 15.2cm (6 x 10 1/4 x 6 in.)
- 3-D (Case): 22.9 x 41.3 x 22.9cm (9 x 16 1/4 x 9 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Record ID
- nasm_A20050413000
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