Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- American computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of software for NASA's Apollo lunar programme, has died at 90. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology confirmed her death, saying she passed away on September 30. Hamilton helped develop the computer systems that supported America's historic missions to the Moon. Her work played a crucial role in making human spaceflight safer and more reliable.

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Hamilton joined MIT in 1959 and initially worked in meteorology before entering the Apollo programme in 1965. She became the project's first programmer and later led a team responsible for software used in the spacecraft. By 1968, she was assistant...