Margaret hamilton early life
Margaret hamilton early life experience
Early life on earth!
Unsung heroes in science: Margaret Hamilton
It's 20th July 1969, and the world watches as the Eagle approaches the moon’s surface. Just before landing, a flashing emergency light goes off in the spacecraft.
It warns of a hardware issue, and the astronauts must think quickly. Margaret Hamilton watches on from MIT, with a direct feed from Ground Control.
Margaret hamilton early life
With complete confidence in the software that she and her team have created, she informs the crew to continue with their approach. And so, the Eagle has landed.
Early life
Margaret Hamilton was born in Paoli, Indiana on the 17th August 1936.
Her family moved to Michigan, which is where she attended high school and started college, before transferring to Earlham College. She graduated in 1958 with a degree in mathematics, with a minor in philosophy. She was newly married with a young daughter, and took a job with a maths lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to support her family.
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