Space Engineer and Scientist Margaret Hamilton

Space Engineer and Scientist Margaret Hamilton — page 3
spacecraft and at mission headquarters in Houston Texas rose Would the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA team have to end the mission Would the dream of landing on the moon be postponed TO THE RESCUE Back on Earth thirty two year old software engineer Margaret Hamilton held her breath She had programmed the Apollo 11 software to spot errors and do its most important jobs first She hoped it would focus only on landing Eagle The lander had only thirty seconds of fuel left Armstrong radioed NASA headquarters The Eagle has landed Hamilton's software had done it right The United States had become the first nation to land humans on the moon 3 38°30s TECH TALK I remember thinking Oh my God it worked I was so happy But I was more happy about the software working than about the fact that we landed on the moon Margaret Hamilton 23 333 6