Gyroscopes in Space
When it comes to not getting lost in space, gyroscopes are a handy tool. Here's a brief introduction on how they work!
The video clips are from a 1973 NASA movie filmed on Skylab 4 about gyroscopes, and you can watch the whole thing on Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/skylab_gy...
Title image is the X-15's gyroscope, via NASA. Music "The Coup" by AudioQuattro from Music Loops.
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