Margaret Hamilton, NASA’s first software engineer, dies

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer programmer who created the field of software engineering and helped guide NASA's Apollo missions to the Moon, has passed away at the age of 90. During her career, she programmed landmark systems including the SAGE air defense network and the Apollo Guidance Computer, eventually coining the term software engineering and founding software firms Higher Order Software and Hamilton Technologies. In recognition of her contributions, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. Open article →