Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA's moon-bound Apollo program, has died.
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Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose work was crucial to the Apollo program, dies at 90

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Margaret Hamilton, who coined the phrase 'software engineer' and designed steering systems for Apollo 11, dies

Margaret Hamilton, who led the team designing the Apollo mission's guidance software, has died. Here's why she's considered a ...

Margaret Hamilton, pioneering programmer whose software rescued the first moon landing, dies at 90

Our astronauts didn’t have much time. But thankfully, they had Margaret Hamilton,” President Barack Obama said when he awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.