Hamilton popularized the term "software engineer" and created computer programs that could anticipate problems. She received a Presidential Medal of Freedom and was inducted into the National Aviation ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

The Apollo 11 Moon landing remains one of humanity’s greatest achievements, yet conspiracy theories still claim that NASA ...

No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. ... in a ...

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90. A recipient ...

Fifty-seven years ago, on July 16, 1969, the three astronauts of Apollo 11 embarked on a mission that captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world. Four days later, Neil Armstrong ...

Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering computer scientist who helped establish the field of software engineering and led the MIT team that developed the onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo moon ...

Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Apollo 17 astronauts were the last humans to set foot on the moon, and apparently the three crew members saw some very ...