{"id":"df99b792-4d2f-4465-9de6-07b4669818cb","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/07/margaret-hamilton-moon-computer-software","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90","plainHeadline":"Margaret Hamilton, Apollo 11 software pioneer, dies at 90","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Margaret Hamilton, MIT computer pioneer, has died at age 90.","She helped develop Apollo onboard flight software under a NASA contract.","She was the first programmer to join and the first woman hired by MIT’s project.","During Apollo 11, software aided recovery from a spacecraft alarm without aborting.","Obama cited her role when presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016."],"topics":["Science","Space","Education"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-08T00:40:37.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T00:53:04.376Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/06914a13-22e9-4db2-832f-3c631bf00bbb","storyId":"06914a13-22e9-4db2-832f-3c631bf00bbb","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/146bdf84911501986822f5cd74b6789159c42193/22_0_3125_2499/master/3125.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=871b5d32d55511e1821720f9d826d4dc","author":"Uwa Ede-Osifo","dek":"MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom"}