Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M. I. T. , was 90.

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Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M. I. T. , was 90.
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Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M. I. T. , was 90.
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Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M. I. T. , was 90.
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Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
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