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VOL. I·NO. 01
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026
  1. 001BBC WorldOCT · 08English

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

    Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led the development of software for NASA's Apollo 11 Moon landing mission, has died at age 90. Her work on priority-driven software prevented a critical computer error during the 1969 landing and helped establish the field of software engineering. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 for her contributions to space exploration.