Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist whose groundbreaking software helped NASA successfully land astronauts on the moon during the Apollo missions, passed away on September 30 at age 90. As a trailblazer for women in technology, Hamilton helped establish software engineering as a recognized field, led the team responsible for Apollo’s flight software, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 for her extraordinary contributions to space exploration and computing.
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