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TOPSHOT - This undated handout photo released by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on July 11, 2019 shows a microscopic view of dual, three-element NOR gate, the inside of a silicon chip, used in Apollo. - We've all been there: you're working on an important task, your PC crashes, and you lose all your progress. The stakes were that much higher for the Apollo missions, the first time ever flight control systems were handled entirely by a machine, a breakthrough moment in computing. (Photo by HO / Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Issam AHMED, "The machine that made the Moon missions possible"