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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, has died

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Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer whose onboard flight software was crucial to NASA's Apollo moon landings, has died. Hamilton led the team that developed the guidance computer code that allowed the Apollo 11 lunar module to land safely in 1969 and helped popularise the term 'software engineering'. Tributes from scientists, engineers and space organisations are circulating as news of her death spreads across Europe and beyond.

Why now: The death of a pioneering figure in space history has just been announced, prompting worldwide tributes.

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Evidence

• Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died · CNN
• Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 · The Guardian

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