Apollo Spacecraft - LM AOT Mount

A replica of the Alignment Optical Telescope (AOT) cover used in the LM spacecraft during the Apollo Missions. This replica was created from the documentation that NASA makes available. The optical device which the astronauts used for navigation while in the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) is an alignment optical telescope. The AOT was a periscope-type device that protruded through the top of the LM. The astronauts used AOT to make direct visual sightings and record precise angular measurements of pairs of celestial objects. This information was transferred to the Module's guidance computer, which determined the spacecraft's attitude and permitted the alignment of its intertial guidence system.