Moment Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour
Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, known for her pioneering work on NASA's Apollo mission software, has passed away at age 90. She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor for her contributions to software engineering.
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Hamilton's work laid the foundation for modern software engineering and was instrumental in the success of the Moon landings.
The computer scientist behind groundbreaking research that helped land Nasa's astronauts on the Moon, has died aged 90.
Margaret Hamilton was a trailblazer in her field, leading the team who developed the software for Nasa's Apollo missions, which coined the term "software engineering".
And in 2016, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor - the nation's highest civilian honour - by Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House.
"To say Hamilton was a pioneer - to say she was ahead of her time - would be a dramatic understatement," MIT said in its statement announcing Hamilton's passing, before acknowledging that she was a software engineer before it was mainstream.
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Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo program, dead at 90
Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, who led software development for Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on NASA's Apollo program, dead at 90
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