A 1969 photograph shows Margaret Hamilton standing next to a stack of program listings from the Apollo Guidance Computer.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by MIT Museum (original photo holder), Science Photo Library, MIT News/NASA, and a dedicated Snopes fact-check, all consistent in describing the photo and its context. [tier=silver indep_score=0.833 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed ... (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/1040485/view/margaret-hamilton-s-apollo-code-stack-1969 (corroboration)
- https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00009689 (corroboration)
- https://news.mit.edu/2016/scene-at-mit-margaret-hamilton-apollo-code-0817 (corroboration)
- https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/margaret-hamilton-moon-landing-code/ (corroboration)