Margaret Hamilton, pioneering computer scientist whose software code helped to send man to the moon

Margaret Hamilton, who has died aged 90, wrote the software code that helped to land Nasa’s Apollo 11 astronauts on the Moon on July 20 1969 and see them returned safely to Earth four days later.

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died

The groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA win the 20th century space race, has died at 90.
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Margaret Hamilton, who led Apollo's software team, and the women whose work shaped modern computing

Hamilton's team wrote the software that kept Apollo 11's Moon landing going when its computer overloaded. She died on September 30, aged 90.
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The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

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, who led MIT’s Apollo flight software, has died at 90

Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the team that wrote the onboard flight software for NASA’s crewed Apollo ...
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Flight Data Container, R12, Command Module, Apollo 11

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Celestial Sphere Assembly, Landing Window, Apollo Command Module Simulator

Click to open image viewer. The Apollo Mission Simulator (AMS) trained flight crews in the operation of spacecraft systems, navigation, and crew procedures by simulating the characteristics of ...

Margaret Hamilton: Software Pioneer of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Has Died

At MIT, Margaret Hamilton led the development of the Apollo onboard software and established software development as an independent engineering discipline.