Margaret Hamilton Dies

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1. 8 Oct

   Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, has died.

   6 outlets · Toronto Star
2. 9 Oct

   The famed Apollo programme allowed US to beat the Soviet Union in the race to become the first humans to land on the Moon.

   2 outlets · Times of India

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• 9 Oct Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo program, dead at 90Margaret Hamilton, who led development of NASA's Apollo program computer system, died at age 90 on September 30, according to MIT, where she taught from 1959 to the mid-1970s. Hamilton is celebrated as a pioneer in software engineering; her work ensured the success of the Apollo 11 mission by making critical onboard systems robust and accident-resistant. NASA chief Jared Isaacman called her contributions pivotal to…Dawn
• 9 Oct Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo programme, diesMargaret Hamilton, a pioneering scientist who led the development of the computer system for NASA's Apollo lunar program, passed away at age 90 on September 30, according to MIT, her former employer. At MIT from 1959 until the mid-1970s, Hamilton was instrumental in developing software that made the Apollo missions possible, including creating robust onboard systems that helped ensure the safe landing of Apollo 11…Times of India
• 9 Oct Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the development of onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo missions and played a crucial role in humanity's first moon landings, passed away on September 30 at age 90. Hamilton graduated with a mathematics degree from Earlham College in 1958 and joined MIT in 1959 where she eventually led the team responsible for critical software during the Apollo program. Her…ABC News (US)
• 8 Oct Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret Hamilton, who led the software development for NASA’s Apollo program that sent humans to the moon, died on September 30 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 90 years old at the time of her death. Hamilton’s work, which included creating advanced onboard flight software, is celebrated as a pioneering achievement in early computer science and for inspiring women in technology fields. NASA Administrator Jared…Toronto Star
• 8 Oct Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the software development for NASA's Apollo missions and played a crucial role in safely landing astronauts on the Moon, died at age 90 on September 30. At MIT from 1959 until the mid-1970s, she managed the Software Engineering Division, which developed all onboard flight software for Apollo 11. Notably, her team's priority-driven software averted critical errors during…BBC
• 8 Oct Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90Margaret Hamilton, who created the software that powered NASA’s Apollo 11 moon landing and pioneered computer programming in an era before it became common, passed away at age 90 on September 30. At MIT, she learned to program under a meteorologist and later developed error detection and recovery mechanisms for the Apollo mission's onboard flight system, which successfully handled critical hardware issues during the…The Guardian

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