计算机先驱玛格丽特·哈密尔顿于2024年9月30日去世，享年90岁1。作为美国国家航空航天局(NASA)聘用的第一位女性程序员，她为阿波罗11号月球着陆器编写了飞行软件，在人类登月历史上留下了不可磨灭的印记1。
1969年登月任务的关键时刻，飞船计算机突然发出警报1。正是哈密尔顿编写的软件成功检测并补偿了硬件问题，使阿波罗11号得以继续执行任务并圆满完成登月1。前总统奥巴马在2016年向她颁发总统自由勋章时，特别引用了这一事件1。
Margaret Hamilton, the groundbreaking computer scientist whose software proved instrumental in the Apollo 11 moon landing, has died at age 90 1. Hamilton passed away on September 30, 2024 1.
Hamilton made history as the first programmer to join NASA's Apollo program and the first woman hired as a programmer by the space agency 1. During the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, her software demonstrated its critical value when the spacecraft's computer triggered an alarm just before landing. Hamilton's code successfully detected a hardware malfunction and compensated for it, allowing the mission to proceed and ultimately succeed 1. The significance of her contribution was later recognized when President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, citing this pivotal moment during the moon landing 1.
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