1970
IBM computers in Houston assist flight controllers
in the dramatic rescue of the Apollo
13 .
1971
IBM computers help guide the Apollo
14 and
Apollo
15 Moon
landings.
Photographs taken by Mariner
9, the
first spacecraft to orbit Mars, are enhanced by IBM computers.
1972
Apollo
16 and
Apollo
17, the
final missions in the Moon-landing series, are supported
by IBM personnel and products.
IBM's lunar orbital experiments team receives a NASA
award for outstanding contributions to lunar science during
Apollo
15.
IBM units for the Skylab 1973
mission are accepted by NASA.
1973
NASA awards IBM a contract to support
the Apollo-Soyuz joint
U.S.-Soviet space venture scheduled for 1975, as well
as contracts to provide computers, displays and programs
for NASA's Space Shuttle,
scheduled for operation in the 1980's.
1974
IBM signs contract with NASA to develop a telemetry online
processing system (TELOPS) that will accept satellite
experiment data, process it, and store up to one trillion
bits of information.
1975
A successful Apollo-Soyuz
mission, supported
by IBM equipment, concludes NASA's Apollo series of space
flights.
1976
The Enterprise, the first vehicle
in America's Space Shuttle program,
makes its debut at Palmdale, California, carrying flight
computers and special hardware built by IBM's Federal
Systems Division.
1977
The first Space
Shuttle vehicle
successfully completes the approach and landing test phase,
demonstrating onboard computers and programming provided
by IBM's Federal Systems Division.
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