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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo Software Pioneer, Dies 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. She was the first female programmer hired to work on the Apollo project at MIT, where she led development of the guidance software, and later coined the term 'software engineering.' Tributes are highlighting her as a trailblazer for women in computing and space exploration.

Why now: The death of a pioneering figure in space history and computing naturally prompts widespread tributes and reflection on her legacy.

Margaret HamiltonMITApollo programNASA

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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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