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Margaret Hamilton, the woman behind the software that helped guide Apollo to the Moon, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton helped develop the software that guided NASA’s Apollo missions and played a key role in landing astronauts on the Moon.

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The woman whose software guided the Apollo missions has died

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided Apollo to the Moon, Dies at 90

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R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90.

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Moment Nasa scientist Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour

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Margaret Hamilton, NASA Computing Trailblazer Who Helped Apollo 11 Land on the Moon, Dies at 90

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Apollo 11 failed to reach the moon, and humanity took a completely different path

July 1969 changed humanity’s understanding of what was possible. When Apollo 11 reached the lunar surface, millions of people around the world watched the event unfold on television. For the first time,

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The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham orbited the earth for ten days in an Apollo command-service module.

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The stunning astrogeology of the Apollo missions

Neil Armstrong almost made a mistake. He had found an interesting rock sticking out of a formation. Curious to see what the rock was made of, he needed to examine its interior more closely. So he reached for his hammer and took a swing. The rock was far ...

Inside ‘The Moonwalkers’: Tom Hanks brings Apollo missions to life at South Florida PBS

Nearly 60 years after the world watched astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong become the first humans to walk on the moon, a piece of Apollo-era history has landed in South Florida. Get your front-row seat to mankind’s greatest leap in “The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks,

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The real reason Apollo 18, 19, and 20 were canceled

Twelve people walked on the Moon, all between July 1969 and December 1972. Hardware for at least three more missions was already being built or planned when the program stopped. That gap raises an obvious question about why NASA left finished rockets unused.