October 9, 2026
RIP Margaret Hamilton: Software Pioneer Who Guided Apollo 11 to the Moon Dies at 90
Margaret Hamilton, a computing pioneer whose software was key in taking the Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon, has died at age 90. Her death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she worked for over a decade. According to the reports, she passed away on September 30 from an undisclosed cause. Born in Paoli, Indiana, in 1936, she studied mathematics at the University of Michigan before transferring to Earlham College.
