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Margaret Hamilton dies at 90. Her programming helped astronauts reach the moon.
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Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led the software development for NASA's Apollo missions, died on September 30 at the age of 90. Her work at MIT was instrumental in the success of the Apollo 11 moon landing, particularly through the development of priority-driven software that prevented a system overload during the descent. Hamilton is also credited with coining the term 'software engineering' and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led the software development for NASA's Apollo missions, died on September 30 at the age of 90. Her work at MIT was instrumental in the success of the Apollo 11 moon landing, particularly through the development of priority-driven software that prevented a system overload during the descent. Hamilton is also credited with coining the term 'software engineering' and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.