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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
BBC World News·October 8, 2026·1 min read
Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led development of the software for NASA's Apollo 11 mission that landed humans on the Moon, has died at age 90. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her groundbreaking work, which helped define modern software engineering and inspired generations of programmers.
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