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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, has died

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Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer whose onboard flight software helped land Apollo astronauts on the Moon, has died, according to CNN. Hamilton led the team that developed the Apollo guidance computer's code at MIT, coining the term 'software engineering' along the way. Tributes have been spreading online, with the news trending on Google in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as people celebrate her legacy.

Why now: News of the death of a pioneering NASA Apollo software engineer has just broken, prompting widespread tributes and searches.

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• Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died · CNN

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• GgoogleBR #10 · 10 h ago
• GgoogleES #7 · 13 h ago
• GgoogleIT #10 · 14 h ago
• GgoogleDE #9 · 16 h ago
• GgoogleGB #10 · 18 h ago
• GgoogleNL #9 · 19 h ago

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