History Of Computing

The Fifty-Year Ghost Ship Running on 1970s Spare Parts

As Voyager 1 enters its 49th year, NASA engineers are performing high-stakes triage on humanity's farthest outpost using assembly code and desperate power-saving maneuvers. Apr 30, 2026

Space

When Segregated Labs Calculated the Moon

How Black women mathematicians working in segregated NASA labs programmed Orion-era triumphs — and reshaped STEM careers. A historic look at Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Ma… Feb 13, 2026

Technology

A 2,000‑Year‑Old Loom and the Origin of Computing

China’s science body has argued that a Western Han figured loom discovered in Chengdu could be read as a programmable, binary device — a claim that reframes what we mean by ‘first… Jan 02, 2026

Articles about History Of Computing

The Fifty-Year Ghost Ship Running on 1970s Spare Parts

When Segregated Labs Calculated the Moon

A 2,000‑Year‑Old Loom and the Origin of Computing