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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on X: "We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: https://t.co/ODkbdIsoHw"

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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-…
Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.
9:24 PM · Oct 7, 2026
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