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1966: Apollo Guidance ComputerDesigned by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and one of the first integrated circuit-based computers, the APC supplied onboard computation for the guidance, navigation, and control of the Command Module and Lunar Module spacecraft of the Apollo program for their moon mission — on, roughly speaking, the same amount of memory as greeting cards that today sing “Happy Birthday.” (via Click! A Brief History of Computing - Photo Gallery - LIFE)

1966: Apollo Guidance Computer
Designed by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and one of the first integrated circuit-based computers, the APC supplied onboard computation for the guidance, navigation, and control of the Command Module and Lunar Module spacecraft of the Apollo program for their moon mission — on, roughly speaking, the same amount of memory as greeting cards that today sing “Happy Birthday.” (via Click! A Brief History of Computing - Photo Gallery - LIFE)