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R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Skip to content Hamilton also coined the term “software engineering” and founded two successful software companies. Credit: NASA/Public domain Margaret […]
Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
“We had to come up with a system that would allow us to plan in real time and accommodate the […]
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Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84
At first, the Japanese public responded by tuning in daily, but as the week went by, interest dwindled. TBS had […]
Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87
Wally Funk, seen at age 21 as a flight instructor, prior to her joining the First Lady Astronaut Trainees or […]
The first long-duration resident of the ISS, a cosmonaut, has died
Aleksandr Samokutyaev, Expedition 28 flight engineer, in the International Space Station’s Zvezda service module with a view of space shuttle […]
Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77
Dan Simmons, the author of more than three dozen books, including the famed Hyperion Cantos, has died from a stroke. […]
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
On February 1, Robert Tinney, the illustrator whose airbrushed cover paintings defined the look and feel of pioneering computer magazine […]
Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash
Vince Zampella, a video game developer who has co-created or helmed some of the most popular franchises in the world, […]