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AGC and the associated guidance, navigation and control system components made possible the lunar rendezvous mode trajectory used by the Apollo Program to put the first human beings on the moon and return them safely to earth.<br><br><br><br>REFERENCES<br> | AGC and the associated guidance, navigation and control system components made possible the lunar rendezvous mode trajectory used by the Apollo Program to put the first human beings on the moon and return them safely to earth. (1)<br> | ||
The AGC performed flawlessly on 15 manned flights, including nine flights to the moon and six successful lunar landings. It was used for three manned Skylab missions and navigated the final Apollo spacecraft to a docking with a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 1975. (2) | |||
Astronauts have described the AGC as a highly reliable and tremendous machine. (3).<br><br><br>REFERENCES<br> | |||
1. Wikipedia, Apollo Guidance Computer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer | 1. Wikipedia, Apollo Guidance Computer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer | ||
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http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/news/magazine/aeroastro6/mit-apollo.html | |||
3. David A. Mindell, Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight | |||
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Revision as of 21:20, 5 December 2010
Docket Number: 2010-02
Proposal Link: https://ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Apollo_Guidance_Computer_(AGC)
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'The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)'
In the space below the line, please describe the historic significance of this work: its importance to the evolution of electrical and computer engineering and science and its importance to regional/national/international development.
AGC and the associated guidance, navigation and control system components made possible the lunar rendezvous mode trajectory used by the Apollo Program to put the first human beings on the moon and return them safely to earth. (1)
The AGC performed flawlessly on 15 manned flights, including nine flights to the moon and six successful lunar landings. It was used for three manned Skylab missions and navigated the final Apollo spacecraft to a docking with a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 1975. (2)
Astronauts have described the AGC as a highly reliable and tremendous machine. (3).
REFERENCES
1. Wikipedia, Apollo Guidance Computer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
2. John Tylko, MIT and Navigating the Path to the Moon: AeroAstro Magazine Highlights, 2009 MIT
http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/news/magazine/aeroastro6/mit-apollo.html
3. David A. Mindell, Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
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