# Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90

> Margaret Hamilton, NASA Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90.
- Title: Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90 · The Straits Times | Shortify
- Summary: Margaret Hamilton, NASA Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90. Margaret Hamilton, who led NASA's Apollo software development, died at 90 after a career…
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- Source: The Straits Times — https://straitstimes.com/world/margaret-hamilton-scientist-who-worked-on-nasas-apollo-programme-dead-at-90
- Published: 2026-10-08T03:25:00+00:00
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- Topics: margaret hamilton, nasa, apollo programme, presidential medal of freedom, software engineering, mit, news, world
## Margaret Hamilton dies
Margaret Hamilton, scientist who led NASA Apollo software development, died at 90.
## MIT calls her computing pioneer
MIT called Hamilton a computing pioneer and praised her role in Moon landings.
## First Apollo programmer
Hamilton was the first programmer on Apollo project at MIT and led software team with 400 workers.
## Presidential Medal of Freedom
Hamilton won Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and founded two software companies.
## Apollo programme legacy
Hamilton helped develop the computer system used in Apollo lunar programme to land humans on Moon.
## Key takeaway

Margaret Hamilton, who led NASA's Apollo software development, died at 90 after a career spanning decades of pioneering computing.