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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90
PBS NewsHour airs broadcast tribute to Hamilton
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Oct 9 12:58 PM
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PBS NewsHour's segment recapped Hamilton's role as the first female programmer on the Apollo project, her leadership of the 100-person software team, the viral 1969 photograph, and her 2016 Medal of Freedom from President Obama.
“Hamilton was the first female programmer to work on the Apollo project in the 1960s.”
PBS NewsHour Margaret Hamilton Computer scientist, led Apollo flight software team Olivier de Weck MIT Apollo Program Professor, interim head of AeroAstro Barack Obama Former U.S. President Lauren Hamilton's daughter
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Margaret Hamilton, the MIT computer scientist who led the development of the flight software that piloted NASA's Apollo program, has died. She was 90.
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Apollo Software Pioneer Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90 https:// science.slashdot.org/story/26/ 10/08/1923206/apollo-software-pioneer-margaret-hamilton-dies-at-90?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser"- Socrates So when you started calling software engineers fake engineers, Socrates called you a loser.
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RIP Margaret Hamilton, the brilliant software engineer whose code launched chaos theory and put the Apollo missions on the moon.
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https://www. europesays.com/us/1110870/ Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA’s Apollo program, dies at 90 # Science # Space # UnitedStates # UnitedStates # US
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Se me pasó la noticia. Una pionera en un campo (y un mundo) donde no era habitual que una mujer destacase. Descanse en paz.
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https://www. europesays.com/thestates/51872/ Margaret Hamilton, pioneering MIT scientist who led a software team for NASA’s Apollo program, dies at 90 # Massachusetts
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"Queen of code RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing" This is how you do it, BBC News.
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Oh nein - Margaret Hamilton ist gestorben! (Warum habe ich das nirgends gelesen?) https:// news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-ham ilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
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RIP Margaret Hamilton An extraordinary woman with an amazing history. https:// news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-ham ilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
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https:// arstechnica.com/science/2026/1 0/r-i-p-margaret-hamilton-whose-code-saved-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/
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