Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Margaret Hamilton, NASA Computing Trailblazer Who Helped Apollo 11 Land on the Moon, Dies at 90

The scientist led the software engineering team at MIT during the Apollo program and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2016 ...

Woman who helped land NASA Apollo mission astronauts on the Moon dies at 90

NASA chiefs said Margaret Hamilton 'helped make Apollo and humanity’s first journeys to the Moon possible' after the female software engineering pioneer died aged 90 ...

Margaret Hamilton: Software Pioneer of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Has Died

At MIT, Margaret Hamilton led the development of the Apollo onboard software and established software development as an independent engineering discipline.
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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

WASHINGTON- American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA's Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said Wednesday. In a ...