Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo program, dead at 90

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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…

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