Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

BBC ^ | Oct 8, 2026 | Claire Keenan

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The computer scientist behind groundbreaking research that helped land Nasa's astronauts on the Moon, has died aged 90.

Margaret Hamilton was a trailblazer in her field, leading the team who developed the software for Nasa's Apollo missions, which coined the term "software engineering".

Hamilton's former employer, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), confirmed her death, adding she died on 30 September.

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He played an awesome Oz witch, too.

[Hyman Roth]

Hogwash. The moon landing was fake. /s

[dfwgator]

That you, Drake?

[ComputerGuy]

The standard by which all movie witches are judged.

[JSM_Liberty]

Stanley Kubrick filmed the whole fake moon landing.

For added realism he insisted that it be filmed on the moon.

[stevio]

Alright, that made me laugh. 😁

[bobbo666]

And, to all those FemNazis that insist there is a glass ceiling in STEM — Pi$$ off. This lady trotted out her talent, her male bosses said “show me”, and science went on.

[Resolute Conservative]

Guys like John Aaron are what made things happen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron

[Semper Vigilantis]

LMAO

[Honorary Serb]

Memory Eternal!

And hurrah to MIT!

[Jamestown1630]

LOL

[mikey_hates_everything]

Same tech used for the flying monkeys. Sorcery!

[dfwgator]

The standard by which all movie witches are judged.

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Until that stupid “Wicked” play.

[al baby]

My Dad grew up downs the street from MGM he and his buddies would goof on the little people he said it was great fun

[Red Badger]

[HandyDandy]

Ding, Dong, the witch is dead!

[SunkenCiv]

🚀🛰️

[Skywise]

Funny how she wasn’t included in that movie of the “women who were secretly behind the success of the moon landing.”

[dfwgator]

Wrong color.

[Steve_Seattle1]

Seattle mayor looks like the Wicked Witch of the West, but without the green skin.