Apollo Guidance Software

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embedded flight software onboard navigation software spacecraft guidance software

Apollo Guidance Software was the pioneering onboard navigation and control code that enabled the Apollo spacecraft to perform precise guidance, navigation, and landing operations during NASA’s lunar missions.

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instanceOf embedded flight software ⓘ
onboard navigation software ⓘ
spacecraft guidance software ⓘ
designedBy Hal Laning NERFINISHED ⓘ
MIT Instrumentation Laboratory software team NERFINISHED ⓘ
Margaret Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFor Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apollo spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
NASA lunar missions NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer MIT Instrumentation Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
feature asynchronous task scheduling ⓘ
fault-tolerant design ⓘ
priority-based executive ⓘ
real-time processing ⓘ
restart protection mechanisms ⓘ
user interface via DSKY ⓘ
implements Kalman filtering techniques ⓘ
digital autopilot algorithms ⓘ
powered descent guidance equations ⓘ
rendezvous targeting algorithms ⓘ
notableEvent assisted safe return of Apollo 13 crew ⓘ
operatedBy Apollo astronauts NERFINISHED ⓘ
organization MIT Instrumentation Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ
NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction control ⓘ
guidance ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
powered descent guidance ⓘ
reentry guidance ⓘ
rendezvous guidance ⓘ
programmingLanguage AGC assembly language NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretive language for Apollo Guidance Computer ⓘ
runsOn Apollo Guidance Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ
storedIn core rope memory ⓘ
erasable core memory ⓘ
supportsOperation abort modes ⓘ
attitude control ⓘ
docking and rendezvous ⓘ
lunar landing ⓘ
midcourse correction maneuvers ⓘ
orbital insertion ⓘ
trans-Earth injection ⓘ
translunar injection ⓘ
usedDuring Apollo 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apollo 13 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apollo 15 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apollo 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apollo 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInterfaceDevice DSKY NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedOn Apollo Command Module NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apollo Lunar Module NERFINISHED ⓘ

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