What If on MSN

Apollo 11 failed to reach the moon, and humanity took a completely different path

July 1969 changed humanity’s understanding of what was possible. When Apollo 11 reached the lunar surface, millions of people ...

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA’s Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died.

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s ...

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the moon, has died

The groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA win the 20th century space race, has died at 90.

Inside ‘The Moonwalkers’: Tom Hanks brings Apollo missions to life at South Florida PBS

Nearly 60 years after the world watched astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong become the first humans to walk on the moon ...