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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
By Janine Liberty; Department; Astronautics ·
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Summary
Margaret Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died on Sep. 30. She was 90.