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Apollo 11 software pioneer Margaret Hamilton dies at 90
Original: Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led development of the onboard flight software for Nasa's Apollo missions, including the software 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 pioneering work and is widely credited with helping found the field of software engineering.
Why now: The death of a legendary Nasa software engineer naturally prompts tributes and reflection on her historic contributions to space exploration.
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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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