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Margaret Hamilton, Pioneering NASA Software Engineer Behind Apollo Moon Landings, Dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who pioneered the software engineering practices that made NASA's Apollo moon landings possible, died on November 19 at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was 90 years old. Hamilton led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo

National Space Society Recognizes Margaret Hamilton's Apollo Software Legacy

The National Space Society has recognized the life and legacy of Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering software engineer whose work was instrumental to NASA's Apollo program. Hamilton led the development of on-board flight software for the Apollo Guidance Computer, playing a crucial role in the systems that navigated

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SpaceX Calls for Improved Orbital Coordination After Starlink Near-Misses

SpaceX has issued a call for improved coordination among satellite operators following a series of close encounters involving its Starlink constellation. The company reported that several incidents resulted in conjunction distances measured at "tens of meters to hundreds of meters," describing these events as "way too close

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SpaceX Moves Toward Mobile Carrier Status with Low-Band Spectrum Acquisition

SpaceX has taken a significant step toward becoming a "major mobile carrier" by acquiring a portfolio of low-band spectrum licenses. The company announced that the acquisition—pending Federal Communications Commission approval—will support its Starlink Mobile service through a hybrid architecture combining satellite-to-mobile connectivity with

US Returns to Space Nuclear Reactors After 60 Years, Eyes Mars Mission

A Nuclear Return to Space After a 60-year absence, the United States has placed a nuclear reactor in space, and this time the destination is Mars. Why Nuclear Power for Space? Space missions beyond Earth's orbit face a critical challenge: the sun's light becomes too

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Margaret Hamilton, Pioneer of Software Engineering, Dies at 84

Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering computer scientist whose software was instrumental in the success of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, has died at the age of 84. Hamilton's work at MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory was crucial during the tense moments of the Apollo 11 mission. When the lunar

Webb Telescope Traces the Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Yet Found

Fast radio bursts have puzzled astronomers since their first detection in 2007. These brief, intense pulses of radio waves originate from deep space, yet their precise origins remain largely unknown—particularly because most are observed only once. The James Webb Space Telescope has now measured the distance to the most