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3 days ago · During the time of the Apollo space missions, Hamilton led the team that created the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo command modules and lunar modules. She was in charge of the Apollo (and Skylab) on-board flight software effort while also serving as Director of the Software Engineering Division at MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory.
2 days ago · The software for the AGC, written by a team led by Margaret Hamilton, was crucial for navigation and landing. Hamilton's work in developing robust, error-free code was a pioneering effort in software engineering and played a vital role in the mission's success.
May 10, 2024 · Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back). She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world. Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon!
4 days ago · Between 1961 and 1963, Margaret Hamilton began studying software reliability while working on the US SAGE air defense system. In 1965, she was responsible for programming the onboard flight software for the Apollo mission computers.
12 hours ago · Hopper's enduring legacy as a trailblazer in computer science and a role model for women in technology. Margaret Hamilton: Architect of Software Engineering. Margaret Hamilton's pioneering work as a software engineer for NASA's Apollo program and her development of onboard flight software.
12 hours ago · When Apollo program launched by John F. Kennedy in 1961, Margaret Hamilton and her colleagues created the software engineering with the codes they wrote for Apollo 11 the spacecraft credited as world’s first portable computer.
12 hours ago · - Margaret Hamilton's pioneering work as a software engineer for NASA's Apollo program and her development of onboard flight software. - Her crucial role in ensuring the success of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the safe return of the astronauts.
