Margaret Hamilton led the NASA software engineering team that developed the software enabling the Apollo program's astronauts to land on the Moon.
Sources
- Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://computerhistory.org/profile/margaret-hamilton/ (computerhistory.org)
- https://nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a11/a11Hamilton.html (nasa.gov)
- https://science.nasa.gov/people/margaret-hamilton/ (science.nasa.gov)
- https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/16/579/margaret-hamilton/ (technologyreview.com)
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