Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led the team that built onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo program, has died at 90. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said her work helped make humanity’s first moon journeys possible. Hamilton died Sept. 30 at a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, her daughter Lauren Hamilton told the Associated Press. MIT News, quoting Apollo professor Olivier de Weck, described her as working as a software engineer when the field was still in its infancy—both developing advanced code and leading a team for one of the most complex systems ever built. A 2017 Lego set and the 2019 Apollo 11 50th anniversary also helped bring attention to her legacy.