Celebrate Black History Month with us as we highlight several key people who helped get the US to the Moon! It took thousands of people to get us there, including many who did not receive the same recognition their white colleagues did. We will honor them today by talking about their professional and personal experiences and the lasting legacy of the Apollo missions.

The panel will begin at 1:00pm. This is a FREE event, no tickets needed.

Panelists

Shelby Jacobs - Engineer, developed the camera systems for the Apollo missions.

Nathaniel LeVert - Engineer, designed system to pressurize the liquid oxygen tank on the Apollo missions.

Percy Brown - Engineer, worked on Lunar Descent Engine for the Lunar Module

Connie Moore-Kelly - Space Shuttle Program/B2 Bomber Program. Retired High School Math/Business Teacher. 2015 NFTE Teacher of the Year for Los Angeles. Currently serves as the Regional Trainer for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).

Dwight Herd - Engineer, Space Shuttle Payload Integrator.

Amalaye Oyake - Current Flight Software Engineer at JPL for over 20 years.

Moderator: Ben Dickow - President and Executive Director of the Columbia Memorial Space Center