NASA Apollo program pioneer Margaret Hamilton dies
Software engineer Margaret Hamilton, the lead programmer for NASA’s Apollo onboard flight software, died at age 90 on September 30. She joined MIT in 1959, became the first female programmer on the Apollo project, and later led a team of over 400 developers. Hamilton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Source: NASA Apollo program pioneer Margaret Hamilton dies — Deutsche Welle
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