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Margaret Hamilton, software pioneer who helped put humans on the Moon, dies at 90
Her team's code kept Apollo 11's landing on course when the guidance computer became overloaded
NBC News
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Both outlets focus on Margaret Hamilton as a pioneering figure in Apollo software, and both tie her work to the Moon landing. The Register foregrounds her as a software pioneer and highlights the Apollo 11 code keeping the landing on course when the guidance computer was overloaded. NBC News is the only one to spell out that she was the first woman hired as a programmer on the Apollo project and led the team that designed the onboard guidance computers.
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