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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 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5
Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist whose onboard flight software was crucial to landing Apollo 11 on the Moon, has died at the age of 90. She led the software engineering effort for NASA's Apollo guidance computer and famously helped avert an overload error during the 1969 lunar descent, a moment now widely credited with saving the mission.
Why now: Tributes and retrospectives are circulating following the announcement of her death.
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- Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5yn4 6j41zpo # Space # Science # NASA # Apollo # Software # SoftwareEngineering # MargaretHamilton # BBC # News · zleap@techhub.social · 2
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