The takeaway: The code that guided Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface has been released in digital form for public access. Nearly six decades after the Apollo 11 mission, the original ...

The historic computer software code that took Apollo 11 to the moon has been open-sourced and is available for anyone to read, download, and tinker with. NASA’s Chris Garry made the code available on ...

When the Artemis II's four-person crew left Earth’s orbit, they were protected by a computing system designed to move beyond simple redundancy (a la the Apollo missions) to a fail-silent architecture ...

NASA's Apollo Program began with Kennedy's goal to land a man on the Moon by the 1960s, driven by the space race against the USSR. Despite the Apollo 1 tragedy, NASA achieved milestones like Apollo ...

Photomechanically reproduced from typescript; leaves are printed on the recto side only. "January 1972." "Prepared by the Boeing Company, Saturn/Apollo/Skylab Division, Washington D.C. office." "This ...

From its origins to its cultural influence today, this is how IBM helped shape America as one of the nation’s most iconic brands.

On April 6, 2026, the Orion MPCV (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) of the Artemis 2 mission moved farther from Earth than any crewed spacecraft before. With a maximum distance of approximately 406,771 ...

Against the volatile backcloth of the Iran war, the daring of the Artemis II Moon mission demonstrates how galactic exploration still has the capacity to inspire new generations. Yes, much of the ...

The functions of guidance, navigation, and control are vital to all forms of air and space flight. The Space History collections in this area attempt to reflect that significance and illustrate the ...