Margaret Hamilton, an American computer scientist and programming pioneer, died on September 30 at the age of 90. She became famous for leading the team that developed the software for the lunar Apollo program and made a significant contribution to the Apollo 11 mission's Moon landing in 1969. Index.hu ↗
Hamilton worked as a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her team created the onboard computer system that supported the course of the lunar mission. The software played an important role in the safe landing of the astronauts during the first crewed landing of a human on the Moon. The Guardian ↗
Her work was among the major technological achievements of the American space program during the period of rivalry with the Soviet Union for primacy in lunar exploration. Hamilton later also became known as one of the figures who helped lay the foundations of modern software development. Le Monde ↗
For her contribution, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jared Isaacman, called her a pioneer whose work helped make the Apollo program and the first human journeys to the Moon possible. Le Figaro ↗
Hamilton's death recalls the importance of software in the most significant space missions of the 20th century. Her legacy remains linked to the development of computer systems that supported the historic Apollo 11 landing. NOS ↗
Margaret Hamilton, software pioneer for Apollo 11, has died
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Margaret Hamilton, pionnière américaine en science de l’informatique et figure du programme lunaire Apollo, est morte à l’âge de 90 ans
Le Figaro
| 07:48 08.10.
Margaret Hamilton nie żyje. Umożliwiła lądowanie Apollo 11 na Księżycu
Onet Wiadomosci
| 06:37 08.10.
Margaret Hamilton: Softwarepionierin der Mondlandung mit 90 Jahren gestorben
Spiegel.de
| 09:38 08.10.
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