Margaret Hamilton
Software pioneer whose code helped land humans on the Moon.
Their Story
Margaret Hamilton led the team that wrote the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo missions. Her programs were designed to handle errors and keep working even when problems happened during a mission. She is often credited with helping popularize the term 'software engineering.'
Era
1900s
Field
Software Engineering
Margaret Hamilton
Software pioneer whose code helped land humans on the Moon.
Technology · Software Engineering · 1900s · Women in STEM
Their Story
Margaret Hamilton led the team that wrote the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo missions. Her programs were designed to handle errors and keep working even when problems happened during a mission. She is often credited with helping popularize the term 'software engineering.'
Key Innovation
Built reliable, error-handling flight software that helped guide the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Why It Matters Today
Her focus on software that recovers from mistakes shapes how engineers build safe, dependable programs today.
Learn More
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer)
Wilkinson STEM Education Foundation · 251 American Innovators · wilkinsonstemfoundation.org
