The moon landing could have ended with alarms and heartbreak. As Armstrong and Aldrin descended toward history, a team’s unseen software helped keep disaster at bay—and behind it stood a woman whose name millions never learned. Now Margaret Hamilton’s reported death at 90 brings that extraordinary legacy back into focus, revealing the human story behind her quiet cour… Continues…
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