The code behind Apollo 11 is on GitHub
martinwoodward · x · 2026-07-21
A GitHub repost marking the Apollo moon landing anniversary highlights the onboard flight software that helped get humans to the Moon.
It notes that Margaret Hamilton led the MIT team behind the Apollo Guidance Computer software, which eventually grew to around 145,000 lines of code, and points readers to the original Apollo 11 guidance software for the Command and Lunar Modules.
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