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Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, software engineer who helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90.
In brief
Margaret Hamilton, software engineer who helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90. Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer who helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, died at age 90. Originally reported by BBC News.
Margaret Hamilton dies
Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer who helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90.
Software engineer for Apollo missions
Hamilton led the team that developed software for NASA's Apollo missions, coining the term software engineering.
Died on 30 September
Hamilton died on 30 September 1996, according to MIT.
Apollo 11 software crisis
In 1969, Hamilton's team prevented a Moon landing failure by engineering priority-driven software to handle computer overload.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
In 2016, Hamilton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to science and space travel.
What it means
Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer who helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, died at age 90.
