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The 24 pages that link to Apollo Guidance Computer, each with the reason it gives.

• Apollo programRelated: Its software helped crews and controllers manage navigation, descent, and rendezvous.

• Inertial navigation systemBroader topic: Apollo combined inertial sensors with onboard computation for crewed lunar navigation.

• Apollo 11Related: Its software helped guide Eagle through descent despite computer alarms.

• Fly-by-wireRelated: Its control-system technology informed early digital fly-by-wire development.

• Kalman filterRelated: Kalman filtering methods contributed to the navigation systems used in Apollo missions.

• Apollo command and service moduleRelated: It helped calculate and execute spacecraft maneuvers.

• Apollo Lunar ModuleRelated: The Lunar Module’s computer helped guide descent and ascent despite limited memory and processing power.

• Apollo 13Related: Its limited power and restart procedures mattered during the return trajectory.

• Alan ShepardRelated: Its guidance systems helped manage the complex lunar mission Shepard commanded.

• Fairchild SemiconductorRelated: Fairchild integrated circuits were among the components used in this computer.

• Apollo 8Related: Its programs helped guide the spacecraft through lunar orbit and the return journey.

• Optimal controlRelated: Apollo-era guidance problems made real-time trajectory optimization and control a prominent engineering concern.

• Magnetic-core memoryBroader topic: Its erasable memory used magnetic cores, while woven core rope stored fixed programs.

• Apollo 16Related: Its guidance systems supported the spacecraft’s navigation and powered descent.

• Lunar theoryRelated: Apollo trajectories and lunar operations depended on computed Earth–Moon motion.

• Michael CollinsRelated: It supported the navigation and spacecraft operations Collins carried out in orbit.

• Fred HaiseRelated: Apollo 13’s crew conserved power by shutting down much of the lunar module’s computer system.

• Jack SwigertRelated: Apollo astronauts relied on its guidance functions during navigation and the command module’s return.

• Jim LovellRelated: Apollo crews used it to navigate and control spacecraft during lunar missions.

• Thomas P. StaffordRelated: Its guidance functions were central to the lunar-orbit maneuvers Stafford commanded.

• Charles DukeRelated: Its guidance programs supported the lunar-module descent Duke helped fly.

• Pete ConradRelated: Its systems supported the precision approach to the Surveyor 3 landing site.

• Stuart RoosaRelated: Its guidance functions helped the crew navigate and maneuver during lunar flight.

• Alfred WordenRelated: Its navigation and control functions supported command-module operations during the mission.