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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo 11 software pioneer, dies at 90
Original: Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led development of the onboard software for Nasa's Apollo missions, including the program that helped land Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969, has died at the age of 90. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work and is widely credited with helping to define modern software engineering.
Why now: News of the death of a celebrated figure in the history of space exploration and computing
Margaret HamiltonNasaApollo 11Presidential Medal of Freedom
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- Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90 · BBC News
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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