Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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"I was attracted both by the sheer idea and the fact that it had never been done before. I was the first programmer to join and the first woman they hired."
— Margaret Hamilton , Academic
"Hamilton symbolises that generation of unsung women who helped send humankind into space."
— Barack Obama , Politician
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Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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