Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

October 8, 2026 · 12:40 am 1 sources

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• Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
  The Guardian · October 8, 2026 00:40
  MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom Margaret Hamilton, the computer pioneer whose software powered the first moon landing, has died, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced on Wednesday. She was 90. In an…