While it might not be as exciting as the Saturn V rocket itself, the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was one of the most important developments of the entire Apollo program. While comically ...

NASA needed a small and lightweight computer to send humans on their ... contractor happened to notice one of these historic Apollo Guidance Computers (AGC) at an electronics recycling facility ...

How Did the Spacecraft Get to the Moon? Astronauts got to the moon by traveling on a giant rocket (Saturn V) that launched ...

But let's back up for a second. The DSKY was the display and keyboard (dis-key) for the AGC or Apollo Guidance Computer, the latter being a hugely significant piece of computing history ...

DSKY Moonwatch celebrates the computer that guided mankind to the moon. 'A Unique And Iconic Centrepiece For Any Moonwatch Collection' ...

And control, particularly as manifested in the Apollo Guidance Computer, is one of the two overarching themes of the book. Digital Apollo starts with an initially somewhat boring investigation into ...

Margaret Hamilton, lead Apollo flight software design, standing next to listings of the Apollo Guidance Computer source code. Courtesy NASA/Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Comparing Historical and Modern Computing The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) used during the first moon landings had 32,768 bits of RAM and 589,824 bits of ROM. In contrast, modern DDR4 RAM sticks ...