The Apollo Guidance and Navigation System contained optical sensors, gyroscopes, and a digital computer, which managed the guidance and navigation of the Apollo Command Module during the journey to the Moon and back. A separate system, using a computer programmed with different software, was installed in the Lunar Module, to guide the craft as it landed on the Moon. This unit was used for testing and evaluation at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the systems were built.

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