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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo 11 software pioneer, dies at 90
Original: Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, the American computer scientist who led the development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo 11 mission, has died at the age of 90. Her team's code was critical to the 1969 moon landing, famously helping the lunar module recover from an overload during descent. She is widely credited with coining the term 'software engineering' and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Why now: News of the death of a pioneering figure in space history and software engineering prompts tributes and retrospectives worldwide.
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- Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 · The Guardian
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