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Margaret Hamilton, die de software ontwikkelde voor de eerste maanlanding van de Apollo 11 in 1969, is overleden. Door haar baanbrekende werk op het gebied van software-ontwikkeling, waren de Amerikanen in staat met de Apollo naar de maan te vliegen en daar te landen. Met deze landing wonnen de Amerikanen de ruimtewedloop in de jaren zestig. Hamilton overleed op 30 september op 90 jarige leeftijd. Haar overlijden werd bekend gemaakt door het MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), het insti

Considérée comme une pionnière dans son domaine, l’informaticienne américaine a permis à la NASA de battre l’Union soviétique durant la course à la Lune, dans les années 1960 et 1970.

Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa’s Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

US scientist Margaret Hamilton is being hailed as a pioneer for her groundbreaking work developing software for NASA’s Apollo lunar program. She died at the age of 90.

WASHINGTON, US — American scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA’s Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said Wednesday. In a statement, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a “computing pioneer” and said she died on September 30. “To say Margaret Hamilton was a pioneer — to say she was ahead of her time — would be a dramatic unde

Sie brachte mit ihrem Computercode die Apollo-Astronauten auf den Mond – und rettete die Mission trotz eines Hardwarefehlers. Am 30. September starb sie im Alter von 90 Jahren