(FILES) This undated handout photograph released by The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on July 11, 2019, shows Margaret Hamilton, a member of Draper Laboratory Staff at work during the Apollo missions. US scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led development of the computer system used by NASA's Apollo lunar program, has died at the age of 90, her former employer said October 7, 2026. In a statement, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a "computing pioneer" and said she died on September 30. (Photo by HO / Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS