Margaret Heafield Hamilton

Credits and special honours

My life... in a few steps!

Margaret Heafield Hamilton was an American scientist that made the history of computers and space exploring with a special program to make possible the landing on the moon!

Introductions

Engineer and Computer scientist

Margaret Heafield Hamilton

Behind the school desk

Modern Days

Career in Science

NASA... The Biggest Goal

1936 - 1958

"Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline"

1985 - 2000's

1964 - 1984

1960 - 1963

Watch me!

Margaret Heafield Hamilton

During the mission of Apollo 11, a few minutes before the spaceship was about to land in the moon, the central computer stared overloading. Margaret then gave specific informations to the Astronauts crew to solve the problem based on the program that she personally wrote

From 1964 she's been engaged into the NASA at Stark Laboratory to start elaborate all the softwares necessary to the Apollo mission

NASA and Softwares

Margaret Hamilton worked on new programs and hardwares, she also has founded the Higher Order Software where she developed the old programs that she created during her time at Apollo Project focusing on preventing computer errors during space operations

A Story of an Informatical Hero

Finally in 1985 she created another society called Hamilton Technologies

Also she was engaged by the US Defense Program creating for them some specific programs to intercept eventual Russian missles on the National Territory

From 1960, Margaret has worked as a programmer for a company that elaborate data for weather conditions

SAGE Project

MIT Project

After she moved to Boston she decided to continue her studies about Mathematics at Brandeis University.

Margaret Heafield Hamilton was born in Paoli in 1936. After her certificate at Hancock High school shw graduated in Mathematics and Philosophy at Earlham College.

1936 - 1947

1947 - 1960

• Space Engineer and Scientist - M.H.
• Margaret Hamilton (the biography)

Books about her

On 2016 she was invited by the President of the US to recive the Presidential Medal for Liberty!!

A Special Gift... from Obama!