Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer who coined 'software engineering,' dies at 90
Dr_Atoosa · x · 2026-10-17
- Nature published an obituary for Margaret Hamilton, who has died at 90. She led development of NASA's Apollo onboard flight software, whose error-handling design helped save the Apollo 11 landing.
- A pioneer of reliable programming and systems engineering, she is widely credited with coining the term "software engineering," giving software development stature equal to hardware.
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