Margaret Hamilton Dies
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Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, has died.
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Hamilton, born in Indiana in 1936, first studied mathematics at the University of Michigan in 1955 before moving to Earlham College where she got a BA in mathematics in 1958.
Hamilton was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former president Barack Obama in 2016 for her achievements.
“She was a software engineer at a time when that field was in its infancy,” de Weck continued, “and she not only developed advanced code herself but also led a team in using that nascent technology to develop one of the most complex systems humanity had ever achieved.”
After first working on software for uncrewed missions, she later led the team developing the onboard flight software for the crewed missions, and by 1968 she was assistant director in charge of the command and service module team, according to MIT News.
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- 8 Oct
Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, has died.
- 9 Oct
The famed Apollo programme allowed US to beat the Soviet Union in the race to become the first humans to land on the Moon.
Coverage 6 articles
9 Oct Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo program, dead at 90
Dawn
9 Oct Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo programme, dies
Times of India
9 Oct Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90
ABC News (US)
8 Oct Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90
Toronto Star
8 Oct Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90
BBC
8 Oct Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
The Guardian
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