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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo 11 software pioneer, has died
Original: R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing https:// arstechnica.com/science/2026/1 0/r-i-p-ma
Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer who led development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo program, has died, according to an Ars Technica report. She is best known for the Apollo 11 mission, when her team's software design helped the lunar module's computer prioritize critical tasks during alarms and kept the Moon landing on track. Tributes are honoring her as a foundational figure in software engineering, a term she helped coin.
Why now: People are paying tribute following news of the death of a pioneering figure in space and software history.
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