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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, has died
Original: Margaret Hamilton has died
Margaret Hamilton, the MIT computer scientist who led the development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo missions, has died. MIT announced her death, describing her as a computing pioneer whose work was critical to the 1969 Moon landing and who helped establish software engineering as a discipline. She also coined the term 'software engineering' and later founded Hamilton Technologies.
Why now: The death of a landmark figure in computing and the Apollo program has just been announced, prompting widespread tributes and renewed discussion of her legacy.
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