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 ...
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Apollo software pioneer Margaret Hamilton dies at 90Published on: October 9, 2026 12:34 PM

Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- American computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of software for NASA's Apollo ...
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NASA HISTORY: NASA Launches First Crewed Apollo Mission 58 Years Ago from Cape Kennedy

On October 11th, 1968, just 15 months from President Kennedy’s deadline for a moon landing, NASA launched its first Apollo crew into space. Apollo 7’s Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham ...

MIT pioneer who helped make Apollo moon landing possible dies at 90

The pioneering MIT computer scientist helped establish software engineering as a discipline and played a critical role in one ...
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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo Software Pioneer Who Prepared for the Unexpected, Dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, the MIT scientist who helped develop Apollo flight software and prepare NASA missions for unexpected ...

RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s ...

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 ...

Margaret Hamilton, NASA Computing Trailblazer Who Helped Apollo 11 Land on the Moon, Dies at 90

The scientist led the software engineering team at MIT during the Apollo program and was awarded the Presidential Medal of ...
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Margaret Hamilton, The Computer Pioneer Whose Work Was Crucial To The Apollo Program, Dies At 90

Hamilton passed away on September 30, at the age of 90. She was not only a computer pioneer and prolific academic with over ...
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Oct. 11, 1968: Apollo 7 launches

Twenty-one months after the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew in a fire during a test on the launchpad, the three men who had originally served as their backup crew — Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele, and ...