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Weinstock, Maia. Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton poses with the Apollo guidance software she and her team developed at MIT. August 17, 2016. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://news.mit.edu/2016/scene-at-mit-margaret-hamilton-apollo-code-0817.
Meet Margaret Hamilton, the trailblazing computer scientist whose code took humanity to the moon for the first time on July 6, 1969.
This young Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) computer programmer and working mother led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo missions. Hamilton's innovative spirit and unwavering dedication laid the foundations for modern computing and software engineering, proving that the sky is not the limit—it's just the beginning.
Dive into the story of a woman who reached for the stars and, in doing so, brought humanity along for the ride.