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  1. Mar 14, 2019 · Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed Astronauts on the Moon. Apollo’s successful computing software was optimized to deal with unknown problems and to interrupt one task...

  2. Oct 13, 2015 · Software engineering, a concept Hamilton pioneered, has found its way from the moon landing to nearly every human endeavor. By the 1970s, Hamilton had moved on from NASA and the Apollo...

  3. Jul 13, 2019 · Interview. Margaret Hamilton: ‘They worried that the men might rebel. They didn’t’. Zoë Corbyn. The trailblazing computer scientist talks about being in charge of the software for the 1969...

  4. computerhistory.org › profile › margaret-hamiltonMargaret Hamilton - CHM

    Apr 18, 2024 · For over five decades, Hamilton's methods have had a major impact on the field of software engineering up to and including the present day. Hamilton received the NASA Exceptional Space Act Award (2003) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by Barack Obama (2016).

  5. The Apollo 11 moon landing was about the astronauts, mission control, software and hardware all working together as a seamless integrated system. None of which would have been possible without the contributions of one engineer: Margaret Hamilton. Who was this pioneer?

  6. Sep 3, 2003 · NASA Press Release, 3 September 2003. NASA HONORS APOLLO ENGINEER. Margaret Hamilton, leader of the team that developed the flight software for the agency's Apollo missions, has been granted a NASA Exceptional Space Act Award for her scientific and technical contributions.

  7. Nov 17, 2016 · Margaret H. Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist and former head of the Software Engineering Division of MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory who led the development of on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo moon missions, has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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