The replica Apollo command module control panel features every switch, knob and indicator as the original, based on the blueprints for and 3D scans of the historic NASA spacecraft.

The Apollo program marked the first time humans had trusted the piloting a spacecraft or aircraft to a computer system. The AGC was designed by MIT, built by Raytheon, and it weighed 70 pounds and ...

The AGC, was, as the Journal reports, “the first digital general-purpose, multitasking, interactive portable computer” and without it, and the software behind it, the Apollo 11 moon mission would have ...

The crew of Apollo 14 during their Saturn V roll-out on January 11, 1971. From left to right are Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell, Commander Al Shepard, and Command Module Pilot Stu Roosa. NASA / ALSJ ...

Object Details Manufacturer Raytheon Corp. Summary This is a "Block I," unflown keyboard and display unit (DSKY) for the Apollo Command Module's Guidance Computer. The Block I units were installed on ...

For Apollo 11, the command module, named Columbia, served as the living quarters for the three-person crew and was manufactured by North American Rockwell. The Columbia measured only 3.9 meters in ...