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      • As the astronauts of Apollo 11 headed to the moon, the women of NASA were blazing new trails on Earth. Poppy Northcutt, Joann Morgan and Margaret Hamilton were trailblazers, "hidden figures" critical to the success of the Apollo 11 mission.
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  1. Jul 23, 2019 · On the day of the Apollo 11 launch, Judy Sullivan, a former teacher and the first female engineer in NASA’s Spacecraft Operations, was the only woman who helped Neil Armstrong suit up for...

    • Maya Salam
  2. Jul 24, 2019 · JoAnn Morgan. JoAnn Hardin Morgan was the instrumentation controller for Apollo 11. She was not just the only woman in mission control during the Apollo 11 moon mission, but she was also the...

    • 4 min
    • Hanneke Weitering
  3. Jul 16, 2019 · Poppy Northcutt, Joann Morgan and Margaret Hamilton were trailblazers, "hidden figures" critical to the success of the Apollo 11 mission. Morgan said it was life-changing.

    • Anchor And Managing Editor, "CBS Evening News
    • Norah O'Donnell
    • 5 min
  4. Jul 20, 2019 · No women have been to the moon, but women were instrumental in the success of the missions: They worked in the control room, designed flight software, and calculated backup plans. Here...

    • Hilary Brueck
    • Henry Blodget
  5. Jul 20, 2016 · Margaret Hamilton has a long list of accomplishments. She is a computer scientist, a systems engineer, and even a business owner. She's also the woman who got man to the Moon.

    • Jolene Creighton
  6. May 15, 2022 · On the Apollo 11 mission, Margaret Hamilton watched as the software designed by her team guided astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin toward the Moon’s surface. But in one heart-stopping moment, warning messages flashed on the computer. In that instant, Hamilton felt confident in her software.

  7. Jul 10, 2019 · When the Apollo 11 spacecraft took off on July 16, 1969, return-to-Earth specialist Poppy Northcutt watched nervously. The NASA engineer—and the first woman to work in a technical role in Mission Control—had helped design and build the engine that would be used in the craft’s descent on the Moon. During the mission, an unexpected ...