In 1969 Apollo 11: sine and cosine Posted on 2020/06/01 by Carl Robitaille In 1969 Apollo 11, the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, used these 30 lines of code to calculate transcendental functions like sine and cosine essential for navigation. pic.twitter.com/9CF8X1KuQX— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) June 1, 2020