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

theguardian.comMargaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90MIT 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 era before titles such as software engineer and computer scientist became mainstream, Hamilton, who died on 30 September, learned to program under the tutelage of a renowned MIT meteorologist. Continue reading...

8/10/26, 1:04 am146 reposts399 likes

@jornreinsel.bsky.social

I have a lego set of her. She was amazing.

@garty.bsky.social

The best of us. RIP.

cram2025.bsky.social

@cram2025.bsky.social

So many punch cards ago.☹️

eddiethebulldog.bsky.social

@eddiethebulldog.bsky.social

Mighty mighty.

@tedejr52.bsky.social

Right around the same time that the flight director for apollo 13 died. IMHO all the scientists & staff behind the flights were heroic. More so for the women who were in the male dominated agency

@james65.bsky.social

💪💪🥺💔