ScienceMargaret Hamilton, whose code helped save Apollo 11’s Moon landing, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton died last week at 90. She coined the term “software engineering” and led development of onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and was later featured as a LEGO minifigure in the “Women of NASA” set.

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