Skip to content
0 / 17
Pre-launch Review
Margaret Hamilton standing next to the navigation software she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo project, 1969.
Photo: MIT Museum — MIT News

The Margaret Hamilton Digital Archive

Preserving the work of the woman who coined 'software engineering' — and proved it mattered when it mattered most.

Hamilton's Published Work

Papers, retrospectives, and technical reports spanning five decades of software engineering theory — from Apollo flight software to the Universal Systems Language.

Apollo Context Documents

NASA technical reports, MIT documentation, and historical accounts that frame Hamilton’s contributions within the broader Apollo program.

AGC Source Code

The complete Apollo 11 guidance computer source code — Comanche055 (Command Module) and Luminary099 (Lunar Module) — with annotated highlights of its most famous routines.

Research Archive

Full provenance chain, SHA-256 verification, extraction methodology, and a living compendium of every document in the collection.