NASA has been practically synonymous with advanced computing for nearly 70 years. To this day, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration continues to accomplish the impossible with computers.

Annie Easley began as a ‘human computer’, performing complex calculations by hand before electronic systems took over. She later became a programmer at NASA, contributing to propulsion and energy ...

The former 'human computer” at NASA Langley Research Center - whose intricate, done-by-hand calculations sent men into space and brought them back safely - turned 100 on Aug. 26. West Virginia State ...