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

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

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist who led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission, has died at the age of 90.

Her work was crucial to the successful landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon, and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to science and technology.

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