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Margaret Hamilton, who led Apollo software development, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the software team at MIT’s Instrumentation Laboratory during NASA’s Apollo program, has died at 90. Her work helped power Apollo 11’s moon landing and helped establish software engineering as a discipline.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
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Margaret Hamilton, Who Developed Software for First Moon Landing, Dies at 90
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