Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

Woman whose software guided the Apollo missions has died

She was the first female programmer hired to work on the Apollo project, housed at MIT’s Instrumentation Laboratory, in 1965.

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, Apollo program pioneer and Midwest native, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneer in computer engineering as well as space technology, has died at age 90. Her history includes her Midwestern roots before she moved to Boston.
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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, the brain behind Apollo 11 flight software, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton’s work on the Apollo mission was not just critical to the Moon landing, but also to the development of ...