OTD in space - October 11: Apollo 7 launches the 1st Apollo crew into orbit

On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This ...
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Margaret Hamilton, the woman behind the software that helped guide Apollo to the Moon, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton helped develop the software that guided NASA’s Apollo missions and played a key role in landing astronauts ...
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NASA HISTORY: NASA Launches First Crewed Apollo Mission 58 Years Ago from Cape Kennedy

On October 11th, 1968, just 15 months from President Kennedy’s deadline for a moon landing, NASA launched its first Apollo crew into space. Apollo 7’s Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham ...

The National Space Society Honors the Life and Legacy of Apollo Software Engineer Margaret Hamilton

Hamilton Wrote Software that Delivered Astronauts to the Moon Margaret Hamilton’s pioneering work helped carry humanity ...
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The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

Margaret Hamilton Who Saved The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Dies At 90

Margaret Hamilton, the visionary computer scientist whose pioneering code guided NASA’s Apollo missions to the moon and ...
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Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo program, dead at 90

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA's Apollo ...
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From the Apollo Era to 2026: How Florida’s Space Coast Has Reinvented Itself

Florida’s Space Coast has spent more than six decades closely connected to American spaceflight. The region around Cape ...
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The Soviet Lunar Program & the Space Race

The Space Race was a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts ...