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Apollo coder and 'Apollo 13' actor receive Presidential Medal of Freedom [i]A computer scientist who created the on board flight software for NASA's Apollo spacecraft and an actor who famously portrayed an astronaut whose life relied on that programming were among the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented Tuesday (Nov. 22) at the White House. President Barack Obama bestowed the medal, the United States' highest civilian honor, to Margaret H. Hamilton and Tom Hanks, among a diverse group of 19 other recipients, including basketball players Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, actors Robert De Niro and Robert Redford, comedian Ellen DeGeneres, and singers Diana Ross and Bruce Springsteen.[/i]
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