A 1969 photograph shows Margaret Hamilton standing next to a stack of program listings from the Apollo Guidance Computer.
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- Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/1040485/view/margaret-hamilton-s-apollo-code-stack-1969 (sciencephoto.com)
- https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00009689 (mitmuseum.mit.edu)
- https://news.mit.edu/2016/scene-at-mit-margaret-hamilton-apollo-code-0817 (news.mit.edu)
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/margaret-hamilton-moon-landing-code/ (snopes.com)
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