Margaret Hamilton (scientist)

Margaret Hamilton is currently the founder and CEO of software development company Hamilton Technologies, Inc. However, she is best recognized for her role as an award-winning American NASA scientist and mathematician, who as Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, played a key role in the success of the Apollo space program: Margaret was responsible for helping pioneer the Apollo on-board guidance software required to navigate to/from and land on the moon, and its multiple variations used on numerous missions.

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