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Margaret Hamilton, a software pioneer whose code helped Apollo astronauts reach the moon, died Sept. 30 at 90 after leading software development for NASA’s Apollo missions.

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Ms Hamilton coined the term “software engineering”.
October 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM

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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton.

she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.

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old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
October 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM

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RIP Margret Hamilton aka rope mother. Thanks for getting us to the moon. And she did it all without an LLM or even stack overflow. A true legend. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. 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 at age 90.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:27 AM

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Damn. What an icon. RIP
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. 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 at age 90.
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October 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM

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RIP to the world's first software engineer news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. 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 at age 90.
news.mit.edu
October 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM

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So sad to hear that the iconic, trailblazing, Apollo 11 moon landing software engineering lead, Margaret Hamilton, is no longer with us. Love this image of her, standing next to a print out of the software that landed Buzz Aldrin and Neil Amstrong on the moon! 👩‍🔬🔭🛰️🧪
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A woman looking very cool in a 70's dress standing next to a massive pile of very thick books
October 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM

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This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.
Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969. Credit: NASA/Alamy
October 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM

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Very sad to hear that Margaret Hamilton has passed away.

Here's a short thread about her role in the Apollo mission, and her lesser-known work on the simulations that led to the discovery of Chaos Theory. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️
October 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM

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The Woman Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions Has Died www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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October 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM

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Margaret Hamilton (known for leading the Apollo flight software team), one of the original programmers for the famous Lorenz'model has died aged 90.
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. 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 at age 90.
news.mit.edu
October 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM

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Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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October 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM

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RIP. Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Margaret H. 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 at age 90.
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October 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM

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“Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, died Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 90.” [nytimes.com]
Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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October 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM

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The Woman Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions Has Died
"Developing its software was a major lift in an era when computers had limited memory. The onboard computers contained only 72 kilobytes of storage memory"

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM

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Margaret Hamilton (1936-2026) gilt als absolute Schlüsselfigur bei der Entwicklung der Software, die in den Bordcomputern der Apollo-Missionen zum Einsatz kam. Ihr werden u.a. die Begriffe "Software Engineering"/"Software Engineer" zugesprochen. #HiddenFigures #rip 🖤🕯️
October 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM

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BBC News - Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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October 8, 2026 at 6:10 AM

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BBC News - Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM

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"Ms. Hamilton, who would bring her young daughter to work on weekends and evenings, is credited with popularizing the term 'software engineering' to describe the complexity of the work her team did, thus elevating software coding to a status equal to hardware design."
Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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