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Margaret Hamilton, software pioneer who helped put humans on the Moon, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, software pioneer who helped put humans on the Moon, dies at 90

Her team's code kept Apollo 11's landing on course when the guidance computer became overloaded

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