Margaret Hamilton: Apollo Computer Programmer and LEGO Action Figure
Presented Online
Presenter: Paul Ceruzzi
Margaret Hamilton was a member of the team that programmed the Apollo Guidance Computer. Last year, after a photograph of her standing next to Apollo computer printouts went viral on the internet, LEGO honored her by including her in the “Women of NASA,” LEGO set. Join us on Facebook Live as space history curator Paul Ceruzzi discusses her programming and explains a little about the contents of those computer printouts that she stood next to.
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