On August 25th, 1966, an Apollo Command Module was launched ... and the guidance and navigation control systems. This mission used the first Apollo Guidance Computer ever flown, and this mission ...

along with the Flight Control Computer which was actually an analog machine. There were then two identical Apollo Guidance Computers (AGC)—one was in the Apollo Command Module (Apollo CM), and ...

“In the command module, we actually had to get towels out to wipe off the instrument panel ... Apollo program. Sweeping music plays over scenes of clapping, cheering crowds and a relieved ...

Chosen with the 1963 astronaut class, Eisele became Apollo 7’s command module pilot, well versed in its systems, especially the new digital guidance and navigation computer, crucial for lunar ...