Apollo 11 source code made public

NASA has just released the source code used for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

You know — the code in the stack of printouts Margaret Hamilton is showing off in that famous NASA picture.

Apollo Guidance Computer project lead Margaret Hamilton shows off the printouts of the AGC software.

Apollo Guidance Computer project lead Margaret Hamilton shows off the printouts of the AGC software.

Anyway, it’s up on github. It may be a bit more difficult than most libraries to re-use, being written in AGC4 assembly language — but it’s an important piece of technological history.

Enjoy!

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