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Computer Scientist Margaret Hamilton Dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton directed software development for the Apollo program. She died on 30 September 2026 at the age of 90. The Apollo program was the space project that sent astronauts to the moon. Hamilton led a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They built the flight software for the crewed Apollo missions.

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