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Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code for command and lunar modules

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The release of the original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code offers invaluable insights into early space computing, showcasing the foundational technology that enabled humanity's first moon landing. For the tech industry and consumers, this open access fosters historical understanding, educational opportunities, and potential innovation in embedded systems and aerospace software development.

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Original Apollo 11 guidance computer (AGC) source code for Command Module (Comanche055) and Lunar Module (Luminary099). Digitized by the folks at Virtual AGC and MIT Museum. The goal is to be a repo for the original Apollo 11 source code. As such, PRs are welcome for any issues identified between the transcriptions in this repository and the original source scans for Luminary 099 and Comanche 055, as well as any files I may have missed.

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

Compiling

If you are interested in compiling the original source code, check out Virtual AGC.

Attribution

Copyright Public domain Comanche055 Part of the source code for Colossus 2A, the Command Module's (CM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) for Apollo 11

Assemble revision 055 of AGC program Comanche by NASA

2021113-051. 10:28 APR. 1, 1969 Luminary099 Part of the source code for Luminary 1A, the Lunar Module's (LM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) for Apollo 11

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