Margaret Hamilton, software engineer for Apollo 11, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, who led MIT’s Apollo software division and helped guide Apollo 11, has died at 90.
OriginalSourceBBCUnited KingdomLeanCenterCredibilityPublished04:49 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFCSourceBBCUnited KingdomLeanCenterCredibilityPublished04:49 UTCRatings: AllSides, MBFC
“Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90”
Margaret Hamilton, software engineer for Apollo 11, dies at 90
Key points
- Margaret Hamilton led MIT's Software Engineering Division for Apollo missions.
- Her team wrote and tested on-board software guiding Apollo 11.
- She described as first programmer to join and first woman hired.
- NASA project faced a 1969 overload alert soon before landing, mitigated by priority software.
- Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
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“Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died”
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“Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90”
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Margaret Hamilton, who led MIT’s Apollo software division and helped guide Apollo 11, has died at 90.