Computers

Computers from Check In to the Flight Deck
How have computers transformed commercial flight? From ticket reservations to aircraft design and manufacture, computers have helped airline operations become more efficient and flexible.
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A photo of a man in a wind tunnel with a model of an airplane.

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Tue, Feb 25 2020
Remembering Katherine Johnson: NASA Mathematician Calculated Mission Flight Paths and Continues to Inspire
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Katherine Johnson sitting at her desk
Fri, May 11 2018
The Real Technology Behind 2001’s HAL
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The “ILLIAC IV” computer system at NASA Ames Research Center
Tue, Apr 10 2018
2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL, and the Future of AI 
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A white vehicle is parked in front of a movie poster for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" plastered on multicolored wall.
Thu, Jan 26 2017
Hidden Figures and Human Computers
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Black and white photo of human computers sitting at an event.
Fri, Mar 11 2016
The "Rope Mother" Margaret Hamilton
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Margaret Hamilton
Wed, Oct 14 2015
Apollo Guidance Computer and the First Silicon Chips
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Inside of a Silicon Chip
Wed, Jun 27 2012
Look! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a flying beer keg?
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RQ-16A T-Hawk

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