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Margaret Hamilton, a Pioneering Software Engineer Who Made the First Human Moon Landing Possible, Dies at 90

Hamilton popularized the term "software engineer" and created computer programs that could anticipate problems. She received ...

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 ...

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 ...
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Earlham grad who wrote onboard Apollo software has died at 90

Margaret Hamilton led a team of 100 in writing the onboard software that made the lunar landings possible. The Indiana native ...

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the phrase 'software engineer' and designed steering systems for Apollo 11, dies

Margaret Hamilton, who led the team designing the Apollo mission's guidance software, has died. Here's why she's considered a pioneer in computers. (AP Photo) ...