What was Margaret Hamilton's contribution to NASA?

What was Margaret Hamilton's contribution to NASA?

She was director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo program. She later founded two software companies—Higher Order Software in 1976 and Hamilton Technologies in 1986, both in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Who did Margaret Hamilton marry NASA?

James Hamilton She helped write the computer code for the command and lunar modules used on the Apollo missions to the Moon in the late 1960s and early '70s. While studying mathematics and philosophy at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, she met James Hamilton, and they subsequently married.

How old was Margaret Hamilton when she worked with NASA?

As the landing occurred, Hamilton, then 32, was hooked up to Mission Control from MIT.

What did Margaret Hamilton invent?

Indeed, Margaret Hamilton, renowned mathematician and computer science pioneer, is credited with having coined the term software engineering while developing the guidance and navigation system for the Apollo spacecraft as head of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory.

Who wrote the code to go to the moon?

Margaret Hamilton The mission could have been aborted but thanks to Margaret Hamilton and her code to prevent user-errors, the landing was safe and three minutes later a human placed their feet on the moon for the first time in history.

Who wrote the code for moon landing?

Margaret Hamilton Meet Margaret Hamilton, the badass '60s programmer who saved the moon landing. Her code fixed a malfunction that could've prevented Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong from landing safely.

Is Margaret Hamilton dead?

Deceased (1902–1985) Margaret Hamilton

What did Margaret Hamilton study?

Margaret H. Hamilton was born in Paoli, Indiana, and studied mathematics at the University of Michigan and Earlham College. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1958 and planned to pursue graduate work at Brandeis University.

Who wrote the code for the first moon landing?

Margaret Hamilton While he spent three years in law school, Hamilton supported the family writing software and programming meteorological systems. NASAMargaret Hamilton in her office in 1989. A few years later, Hamilton applied to work on a new project: writing the code that would put a man on the Moon.

How old is Margaret Hamilton?

82 years (1902–1985) Margaret Hamilton/Età al momento della morte Margaret Hamilton, the actress whose role as the cackling Wicked Witch of the West in ''The Wizard of Oz'' unnerved generations of children, died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, at a nursing home in Salisbury, Conn. She was 82 years old.