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Margaret Hamilton, NASA Apollo software pioneer, reportedly dies
Original: Rest in Power, Margaret Hamilton https:// edition.cnn.com/2026/10/07/sci ence/nasa-apollo-margaret-hamilton-software # s
News of the death of Margaret Hamilton, the NASA software engineer who led the development of the onboard flight software for the Apollo moon missions, is being shared widely, with tributes calling for her to 'rest in power'. Hamilton is credited with coining the term 'software engineering' and her work was vital to the Apollo 11 landing. People are honouring her legacy in computing and space exploration.
Why now: People are mourning and paying tribute to a pioneering figure in space software engineering following news of her death.
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