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  2. Apollo Guidance Computer - Wikipedia

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    The AGC was the first computer based on silicon integrated circuits. [citation needed] The computer's performance was comparable to the first generation of home computers from the late 1970s, such as the Apple II, TRS-80, and Commodore PET. [4] The AGC has a 16-bit word length, with 15 data bits and one parity bit.

  3. Eglin AFB Site C-6 - Wikipedia

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    Eglin AFB Site C-6 is a United States Space Force radar station which houses the AN/FPS-85 phased array radar, associated computer processing system(s), and radar control equipment designed and constructed for the U. S. Air Force by the Bendix Communications Division, Bendix Corporation.

  4. List of space stations - Wikipedia

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    Most often space stations have been research stations, but they have also served military or commercial uses, such as hosting space tourists. Space stations have been hosting the only continuous presence of humans in space. The first space station was Salyut 1 (1971), hosting the first crew, of the ill-fated Soyuz 11.

  5. Grid Compass - Wikipedia

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    The Grid Compass is a family of laptop computers introduced in 1982 by the Grid Systems Corporation.The design for the Compass was rendered by Bill Moggridge.Owing to its clamshell design—the first in a portable computer—some historians credit the original Compass as the first ever laptop.

  6. National Space Facilities Control and Test Center - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, the center's facilities were established on a coastal plain near the city of Yevpatoria in Crimea. The technical basis of the center was the space radio complex Pluton, which was equipped with unique antennas that had no world analogues. For the first twenty years of the Soviet space era, interplanetary flight management was carried ...

  7. White Sands Test Facility - Wikipedia

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    The primary mission of WSTF is to support NASA's Space Station program, and previously the Space Shuttle.As the official Johnson Space Center (JSC) Propulsion Systems Development Facility, WSTF participates in propulsion systems testing, with test expertise in hypergolic and mono-propellant handling and training.

  8. Space Power Facility - Wikipedia

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    The aluminum test chamber is a vacuum-tight aluminum plate vessel that is 100 feet (30 m) in diameter and 122 feet (37 m) high. Designed for an external pressure of 2.5 psi (17 kPa) and internal pressure of 5 psi (34 kPa), the chamber is constructed of Type 5083 aluminum which is a clad on the interior surface with a 1 ⁄ 8 in (3.2 mm) thick type 3003 aluminum for corrosion resistance.

  9. SpaceEngine - Wikipedia

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    SpaceEngine creates a 1:1 scale three-dimensional planetarium representing the entire observable universe, combining real astronomical data with scientifically accurate procedural generation algorithms. Users can travel through space in any direction or at any speed and can move forwards or backwards in time. [4] SpaceEngine is currently in ...