The 300-year-old tool helping stranded astronauts get home

An old seafaring instrument could help astronauts on ever more far-flung and perilous missions.
The New York Times

THE SEXTANT - - - How It Is Used and the Possibility of Error.; Only by Its Help Can Explorers Ascertain Their Whereabouts When In the Frozen North. How to "Fake" Readings.

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Forbes

Juvenia Sextant III Watch With The Odd Appeal Of Mathematics

A sextant is an historic piece of navigational equipment with a name that teenagers enjoy pronouncing. It also happens to be the name of longtime product from the Swiss watch brand Juvenia. I actually ...
Astronomy

The story of the Apollo sextant

Over the course of a decade, the Apollo program (in addition to landing humans on the Moon six times!) produced an incredible array of technical breakthroughs and achievements. But many people do not ...
Popular Science

How to make a sextant from random junk

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AV Network

The Sextant Group Acquired by NV5

The Sextant Group been acquired by NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE), a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions. As part of NV5’s Engineering & Technology group, this new ...