Shelby Jacobs
Bruin Shelby Jacobs, one of NASA's first African American engineers, was honored earlier this year with an exhibition at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey: “Achieving the Impossible Dream: The Life and Dreams of Shelby Jacobs.” Jacobs designed the camera that took the iconic image of rocket stage separation on the unmanned Apollo 6 spacecraft in 1968.
Read more about how Jacobs overcame many obstacles to make important contributions to the space program below:
Overcoming Obstacles - Shelby Jacobs’ Journey from Segregation to NASA
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