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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo Software Pioneer, Has Died at 90

Original: Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died

Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist whose onboard flight software made the Apollo Moon landings possible, has died at the age of 90, according to the New York Times. Hamilton was the first female programmer hired to work on the Apollo space project at MIT, where she led development of the guidance software, and she later helped coin the term 'software engineering'. Tributes are honoring her foundational role in space exploration.

Why now: News of the death of a pioneering figure in the Apollo program is prompting tributes and renewed attention to her legacy.

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• Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died · The New York Times

  Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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