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A gimbal is a pivoted support that permits rotation of an object about an axis. For this reason, a set of three axes gimbals are used in spacecrafts to help with orientation attitude control. But what if somehow this gimbal set becomes "locked" in-flight during a space mission. Watch to find out the event of 'gimbal locking' in reference to the Apollo moon missions.