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Margaret Hamilton dies at 90. Her programming helped astronauts reach the moon

In 1969, minutes before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to touch down on the moon, warnings flashed on one of Apollo 11’s onboard computers. “Program alarm,” Armstrong radioed ...

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died

The groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA win the 20th century space race, has died at 90.
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The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...
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The Soviet Lunar Program & the Space Race

The Space Race was a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts ...

What Does Anita Mitchell's Memoir Reveal About Life During Apollo?

Anita Mitchell reflects on marriage to Edgar Mitchell, media pressure, and life on Earth during the Apollo 14 lunar mission.