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Moment Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who led the development of software for NASA's Apollo missions, has died at the age of 90.
- She played a crucial role in landing astronauts on the Moon and is credited with coining the term "software engineering."
- In 2016, Hamilton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, from President Barack Obama.
- MIT recognized her as a trailblazer who was ahead of her time and a software engineer before the field became mainstream.
