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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software engineering leader, dies at 90

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Pioneering computer scientist Margaret Hamilton has died at the age of 90. She was celebrated for leading the software engineering team for NASA's Apollo missions. Her work was critical to the success of the lunar landings in the 1960s and 1970s. Hamilton's contributions helped establish the foundations of modern software engineering. Her death was announced by MIT, where she had a long and influential career.

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