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Moment Nasa scientist Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour
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Barack Obama awarded the Apollo 11 software engineer with the America's highest civilian honour in 2016.
Barack Obama awarded the Apollo 11 software engineer with the America's highest civilian honour in 2016.
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