ACME Reaction Jet Display Project Gemini Ground support

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ACME Reaction Jet Display Project Gemini Ground support:
$36999.99

This unit was made to be used in Ground Support for Project Gemini to show the Astronauts when the Jets were firing how it would look!

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NASA Gemini ACME Reaction Jet Display Unit – Honeywell Ground Support Panel

🔧 Description:

This is an original ACME (Attitude Control Maneuver Electronics) Reaction Jet Display unit, manufactured by Honeywell for NASA’s Project Gemini during the 1960s.

It was part of the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) used to simulate and verify the spacecraft’s attitude control system during pre-launch testing, simulation exercises, and flight system verification.

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✅ Key Features:

• Authentic Gemini-era NASA test hardware

• Displays Reaction Jet firings (Yaw, Pitch, Roll)

• Uses incandescent bulbs (not LEDs)

• Built by Honeywell, a key Gemini contractor

• paired with the SB-8b Panalyzor vacuum-tube telemetry unit

• Not a flown unit, but used for mission-critical ground testing

• Likely used at Cape Canaveral, MSC Houston, or contractor test labs

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🛠️ Condition:

• Vintage condition, structurally intact some damage !

• Electronics untested — sold as a display or collectible artifact the electronics needs restoration being over 50 years old and Vacuum tube type.

• Heavy wear consistent with age and use during Gemini-era testing

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🪙 Historical Significance:

A rare and museum-worthy artifact from the Gemini spaceflight program. These panels were essential for visualizing and validating the spacecraft’s maneuvering logic during development. Extremely few survive today.