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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The Apollo Missions

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

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 ...

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 ...
Space Coast Daily

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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Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose work was crucial to the Apollo program, dies at 90

It is impossible to think of Margaret Hamilton without thinking of her iconic photo standing next to a stack of papers, as ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book Shows How Project Gemini Led to the Glory of Apollo

Gemini astronauts risked their lives to prove that spacewalking was possible.
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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 ...