Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton at work in this undated handout photo from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMargaret Hamilton at work in this undated handout photo from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.. She was 90.In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist.She continued to perfect the craft in an MIT laboratory, writing software that could detect enemy aircraft.
- ▪Margaret Hamilton at work in this undated handout photo from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum..
- ▪Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMargaret Hamilton at work in this undated handout photo from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum..
- ▪She was 90.In an era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist.She continued to perfect the cr
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- ▪ Margaret Hamilton, who led an MIT software team for NASA's Apollo program and helped establish software engineering as a discipline, died on September 30 at 90 (Janine Liberty/MIT News) — Techmeme
- ▪ Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died — NYT — Science
- ▪ Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for Apollo program, dies at 90 — MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Margaret Hamilton at work in this undated handout photo from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMargaret Hamilton at work in this undated handout photo from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesSpaceMargaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of FreedomUwa Ede-OsifoWed 7 Oct 2026 20.40 EDTLast modified on Wed 7 Oct 2026 20.42 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleMargaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday.
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