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

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Hamilton led development of the onboard flight software for Apollo's command and lunar modules, helping astronauts reach the Moon in 1969. Hamilton was born in Paoli, Indiana.

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