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Margaret Hamilton, pioneering computer scientist who helped Apollo 11 get to the Moon, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, the trailblazing computer scientist whose software helped Apollo 11 reach the moon, has died at the age of ...

Margaret Hamilton, Who Led the MIT Team Whose Software Landed Apollo Astronauts on the Moon, Has Died at 90

Margaret Hamilton, who led the MIT team behind Apollo's onboard software and helped establish software engineering as a discipline, has died aged 90 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.