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Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules.

111 mentions on Hacker News by 100 people: 35 stories, 76 comments · first 2016-07-05 · latest 2026-10-08

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  1. …consistent between systems. > that's some impressively old code to find on GitHub You may like https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by pjc50 · 2019-11-21 · in A Mystery of Unix History
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    Apollo 11 source code and lunar modules
    story by hongzi · 2019-11-08 · 0 comments
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    Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer Source Code
    story by sciencenut · 2019-11-07 · 0 comments
  4. …the IGNITION subroutine in the BURN_BABY_BURN module of the Apollo AGG source code does it for me: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar...
    comment by endymi0n · 2019-10-28 · in Ask HN: What is the most beautiful piece of code you've ever read?
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    Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules
    story by lelf · 2019-10-14 · 0 comments
  6. …are amazing. Not to mention I have zero idea what the assembly code or even the math is doing. from https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar... # SINCE WE WILL FIND THE MODE 1 SHAFT ANGLE LATER, WE CAN FIND THE MODE 1…
    comment by nodesocket · 2019-07-21 · in The (Surprisingly Funny) Code for the Apollo Moon Landings Is on GitHub
  7. Some of the issues are funny too: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%...
    comment by jpindar · 2019-07-20 · in The (Surprisingly Funny) Code for the Apollo Moon Landings Is on GitHub
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    story by BerislavLopac · 2019-07-20 · 0 comments
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    story by Andugal · 2019-07-18 · 0 comments
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    Apollo-11: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) Source Code
    story by craigkerstiens · 2019-07-17 · 0 comments
  11. …which has the original guidance computer source code for the command and lunar modules[0]. [0] https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by _eric · 2019-07-15 · in Apollo 11 Had a Hidden Hero: Software
  12. The source code for the Apollo guidance Computer is available on GitHub. https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by raimue · 2019-06-16 · in Apollo 11 in Real Time
  13. https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar... Code seems to use SI, but imperial in comments.
    comment by garaetjjte · 2019-05-14 · in Apollo 10 Stopped Just 47k Feet from the Moon
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    Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) Source Code
    story by ____Sash---701_ · 2019-03-19 · 0 comments
  15. …anyone interested in the process of compiling and loading the code for these systems (available at https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/ ) into the "core rope memory" used for program storage in the capsules, here's one of the original…
    comment by btown · 2019-01-22 · in Diskee: Apollo's Most Important Crewmember
  16. The AGC source code is up on Github these days https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/
    comment by ForHackernews · 2019-01-22 · in Diskee: Apollo's Most Important Crewmember
  17. …any bugfix. Think about the Apollo-11 code [0] - one tiny bug and astronauts might be dead. [0]: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by piotrkubisa · 2019-01-03 · in A thread for Junior Developers/Engineers
  18. If you care to understand the code I pasted, here's the full listing: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Comanch...
    comment by newnewpdro · 2018-12-27 · in Please do not attempt to simplify this code
  19. My favorite part from that: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/27e2acf88a6345...
    comment by luhn · 2018-12-27 · in Please do not attempt to simplify this code
  20. If you want to see actual code that flew to the Moon: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by userbinator · 2018-12-27 · in Please do not attempt to simplify this code
  21. I would wait until this is resolved before contributing: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/pull/324 It's very likely to be a non-issue, but then again it might be (if it is not public domain..)
    comment by craftyguy · 2018-10-05 · in Ask HN: What are some great retro computing projects to contribute to?
  22. You can help transcribe the code from the original Apollo Guidance Computer: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by RandomGuyDTB · 2018-10-05 · in Ask HN: What are some great retro computing projects to contribute to?
  23. I don't think it's the oldest by a longshot, but check this one out, from the Apollo 11 software: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar...
    comment by TremendousJudge · 2018-09-18 · in Atari 7800 Source Code
  24. …are very, very complex. [1] https://qz.com/726338/the-code-that-took-america-to-the-moon... [2] https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 [3] https://www.quora.com/How-many-lines-of-code-is-Facebook
    comment by alangpierce · 2018-07-29 · in Signaling in tech is some fucked up shit (2016)
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    Chrislgarry/Apollo-11: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer
    story by axiomdata316 · 2018-07-18 · 0 comments
  26. …//nassp.sourceforge.net/wiki/Guidance_and_Control_Syste... The source is on Github, too, for example: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar...
    comment by cbm-vic-20 · 2018-07-17 · in Assembly Language for Beginners [pdf]
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    Original Apollo 11 codebase issues list (humor)
    story by thomk · 2018-06-13 · 1 comment
  28. …Hamilton and her team. Clean and obviously it worked well. Comments are also interesting to read. https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by sedatk · 2018-04-27 · in Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful x86 assembly code?
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    story by entelechy · 2018-01-08 · 0 comments
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    story by silverforest · 2017-12-28 · 0 comments
  31. …the top-5 list in the post, between 1/4 and 1/3 of the projects have been miscategorized. Ex: - https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 -> should have been categorized as "Application", not "Documentation". -…
    comment by fermigier · 2017-07-24 · in Most open-source software is libraries or frameworks
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    story by uyoakaoma · 2017-07-24 · 0 comments
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    Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) Source Code
    story by gburt · 2017-06-19 · 0 comments
  34. …tangere - don't touch me. Honi soit qui mal y pense - May he be shamed who thinks badly of it. [1] https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminar...
    comment by jfoutz · 2017-01-17 · in Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Moon (2002)
  35. …team that wrote the Apollo software? Her name is the very first one in the original documentation: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by Rooster61 · 2017-01-17 · in Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Moon (2002)
  36. …But I think the evidence is definitely in favor of it actually happening. We've got source code: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 We've got design documents: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-LMdocs.html The code and documents…
    comment by MichaelBurge · 2016-12-27 · in America Needs a New Moon Mission
  37. I suggest reading the actual sources for the software: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/ :)
    comment by groovy2shoes · 2016-11-22 · in Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
  38. I can do one better; the source code itself, which has been scanned ( https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 ), lists Margaret Hamilton as "COLOSSUS programming leader" - COLOSSUS being the command module software - as of March 28, 1969,…
    comment by yaakov34 · 2016-11-19 · in Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
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    Docker build of Apollo-11 sources
    story by bootload · 2016-11-17 · 0 comments
  40. Don't worry — you can find that code at https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by glasser · 2016-11-03 · in Apollo Client 0.5
  41. …made from discrete gates and core memory programmed in assembler by Margaret Hamilton and others. https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 I doubt the satellite bothered with a processor.
    comment by pjc50 · 2016-11-02 · in Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again
  42. …even humanly possible, but I do know that these programmers did not rely on "code completion." [1] https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
    comment by n00b101 · 2016-08-18 · in We found over 10000 bugs in various open source projects
  43. It's on GitHub: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11 Reviewing it would be non-trivial, but in terms of absolute code size, it's not much larger than a moderately-popular open-source project today. It's significantly smaller than…
    comment by nostrademons · 2016-07-19 · in Ask HN: How did NASA make reliable software if they didn't invent unit tests?
  44. Direct link: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11
    comment by e-sushi · 2016-07-11 · in Apollo 11's source code is now on GitHub
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    story by obi1kenobi · 2016-07-11 · 0 comments
  46. I will now be adding this comment to all of my code: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/BURN_BA...
    comment by lukateake · 2016-07-08 · in Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code
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    story by polskibus · 2016-07-08 · 0 comments
  48. https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/THE_LUN... - Link to referenced code.
    comment by enzanki_ars · 2016-07-08 · in Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code
  49. This is amazing and contains so many gems. I think this one is my favorite module: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/THE_LUN... CAF CODE500 # ASTRONAUT: PLEASE CRANK THE TC BANKCALL # SILLY THING AROUND CADR GOPERF1 TCF…
    comment by elcapitan · 2016-07-07 · in Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code
  50. CA A # SHOULD NEVER HIT THIS LOCATION The 1969 version of "This should never happen". https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/dc4ea6735c4646...
    comment by libria · 2016-07-07 · in Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code