EP. 431: Ships Must Practice Celestial Navigation

06/02/2025 39 min
EP. 431: Ships Must Practice Celestial Navigation

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Episode Synopsis

In February 2022, the USS Essex sailed from Hawaii to California using only celestial navigation methods. Bill Bray interviews Walter O’Donnell and Caroline Stanton Chlaupek, the navigation team that tested their own proof-of-concept for navigating with a total loss of integrated electronic navigation equipment.