President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 vision of placing a man on the moon within the span of a decade would require not just a powerful spacecraft, but a powerful and efficiently sized guidance computer ...

Compared to the computer interfaces of today, the display keyboard used by the Apollo astronauts aboard their spacecraft might look quaint — until you recall that it was central to flying to the first ...

We love seeing old technology brought back to life, especially when it’s done in the context of how the device was originally intended to be used. And double points when it’s space gear, like what ...

A British startup has miniaturized the interfaces Apollo astronauts used aboard the command and lunar modules to create the DSKY Moonwatch. In addition to basic calculator functions the watch has GPS ...

Your doorbell today may have the same computing power as was on the Apollo spacecraft, but can it fly you to the moon? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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 ...

Compared to the computer interfaces of today, the display keyboard used by the Apollo astronauts aboard their spacecraft might look quaint — until you recall that it was central to flying to the first ...