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Margaret Hamilton, NASA Apollo software pioneer, remembered
Original: Margaret Hamilton obituary https://www. theguardian.com/science/2026/o ct/18/margaret-hamilton-obituary # Space # Progra
The Guardian has published an obituary for Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo moon missions. The piece recalls her role at MIT in pioneering software engineering, a field she helped name, and her lasting influence on computing and women in science.
Why now: News of Margaret Hamilton's death has prompted widespread remembrance of her pioneering contributions to spaceflight software and computing.
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- Margaret Hamilton obituary https://www. theguardian.com/science/2026/o ct/18/margaret-hamilton-obituary # Space # Programming # Technology # TheMoon # Nasa # PeopleInScience # MitMassachusettsInstituteOfTechnology # UsNews # Education # Science # Computing # Women # WorldNews · theguardian_science@halo.nu · 1
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