Not that the Apollo Guidance Computer was much to look at. At first glance, it appeared like a brass suitcase in two parts, measuring a total of 24 × 12.5 × 6.5 in (61 × 32 × 17 cm) and ...

The Apollo 11 computer had a processor – an electronic circuit that performs operations on external data sources – which ran at 0.043 MHz. The latest iPhone’s processor is estimated to run at about ...

By his estimates, the Anker PowerPort Atom PD 2 USB-C Wall Charger is 563 times faster than the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer. But in NASA's defense, the Guidance Computer was completely crash-proof.

The Apollo 11 crew consisted of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, but there was a crucial "fourth crew member" on board: the Apollo Guidance Computer.

Few were more nervous than the young computer programmer who had written the code for the landing. On the Apollo 11's 50th anniversary, WSJ sat down with programmer Don Eyles.

On board Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer. It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results” – data that is lost when there is no power.

But first, it might help to know a bit about the computer. Apollo 11’s onboard guidance computer had a processing speed of 1 MHz, and had about 4 kilobytes of reusable memory.The original ...

It's a staggering list of Apollo 11 spinoffs, and NASA has added to it to year after year – for half a century. Still, the impact of the AGC – or Apollo Guidance Computer – dwarfs everything ...

In 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the Moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. ... A "12-02" alarm meant that the lunar module's computer was overloaded.

The Apollo 11 computer had a processor – an electronic circuit that performs operations on external data sources – which ran at 0.043 MHz. The latest iPhone’s processor is estimated to run at about ...

The code for the Apollo 11 mission contains references to pinball and the Black Power movement.