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Don eyles biography
Don Eyles
Don Eyles | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Boston University, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics - 1966 |
| Known for | Saving Apollo 14 mission from abort |
Don Eyles[1] is a retired computer engineer who worked on the computer systems in the Apollo Lunar Module vehicle.
As a young engineer during the lunar landing on Lunar Module Eagle on 20 July 1969 he assisted with a series of computer alarms caused by data overflow from the radar, which could have caused the mission to be aborted.[2]
Apollo missions
Eyles was educated at Boston University where he earned a bachelor of science in mathematics.
In 1966, at age 23, Eyles was hired by Draper Laboratory. He helped program the onboard computer for the Apollo Guidance Program Section where he worked with MIT, and other researchers, on the Apollo Guidance Computer.
During the Apollo missions Eyles worked on the computer systems, programming for Jack Garman, advising flight