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 ...

Documenting the other computer used in every Apollo launch is an impressive feat on ... 17 thoughts on “ Deconstructing Apollo Flight Hardware ” drwho8 (@ ... (i.e. no circuit board) ...

Still, the impact of the AGC – or Apollo Guidance Computer – dwarfs everything else on that inventory. Apollo's flight computer weighed about 70 pounds and was two feet long, one foot wide ...

By today’s standards, the Apollo computer had a peculiar architecture: it used only one type of logic circuit, the NOR gate–so called because it outputs an electrical signal only when it ...

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The Apollo programme took humanity to the Moon but also changed the face of technology back here on Earth. Astronaut Mike Massimino was six years old when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their ...

Apollo 11 took off for the moon this week in 1969. To prepare the astronauts, Nasa put them through gruelling, relentless simulations – and BBC Tomorrow's World paid a visit.