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Margaret Hamilton and the Code That Took Us to the Moon
Original: Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code
The New York Times is revisiting the legacy of Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer who led development of the onboard guidance code for NASA's Apollo missions at MIT, long before computer science became a male-dominated field. Her work was critical to the 1969 lunar landing, and she later coined the term 'software engineering'. The feature highlights how her contributions helped redefine programming as serious engineering work.
Why now: Renewed public interest in the overlooked history of women in technology and space exploration.
Margaret HamiltonNASAMITApollo programThe New York Times
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- Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code · The New York Times
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