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@ckent@urbanists.social
2026-10-02 01:37:17

Cool! TIL from a chatbot — #Voyager spacecraft “landmark” incoming, November 18th!
(We need a better word for this) #NASA

Transcript of America.gov chatbot: NASA’s Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object, and it is a NASA spacecraft (U.S. government property). NASA says no spacecraft has gone farther than Voyager 1. Voyager 1 Live position: Where Voyager 1 and 2 are now NASA reports it will reach about 16.094 billion miles (25.902 billion km) from Earth—one light-day—on Nov. 18, 2026.
@markrsmith@smithtodon.org
2026-10-07 23:47:29

Margaret Hamilton, lead programmer for the Apollo spacecraft, has died at age 90.
All of us on the Fediverse owe our community and friendships at least a little to her.
#MargaretHamilton #nasa #Apollo

Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.