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Margaret Hamilton dies at 90. Her programming helped astronauts reach the moon. - The Washington Post
From The Washington Post via USVI News: Working behind the scenes at MIT, she played a key role in the success of NASA's Apollo missions. She was later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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 11s onboard computers. Program alarm, Armstrong radioed to…
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