
Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA’s Apollo program, dead at 90
NASA chief Jared Isaacman paid tribute to Hamilton on X, calling her “a pioneer whose work helped make Apollo and humanity’s first journeys to the moon possible.
American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA’s Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said Wednesday.
Hamilton was a software engineer at a time when the field was in its infancy and led a team to develop one of the most complex systems.
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