Ethel Lee.... simply remarkable! She owned a Cafe in South L.A. and she said it was always her destiny to send a man to the moon... so when she found out about NASA/Rockwell was hiring in Downey, she got a job with them! Next year, is her 99th birthday!

She was motivated by President John F. Kennedy's vision for space exploration and applied for a job at Rockwell International without a formal engineering background.

Over the course of her extraordinary career, Ethel L. Lee was instrumental in building NASA's first six space shuttles: Colombia, the Challenger, the Discovery, the Atlantis, the Endeavor, and the Enterprise

She was instrumental in building NASA's first six space shuttles, reading schematics, working with engineers, and troubleshooting at different aerospace sites. She spent 32 years at Rockwell

And now Ethel is being honored. "NASA Life of Ethel Lee" is currently on display at the Columbia Memorial Space Center. It's a Women's History Month exhibit that honors her aerospace career

https://abc7-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/abc7.com/amp/post/special-honor-nasa-legend-aerospace-trailblazer-ethel-lee-known-space-shuttle/16024293/

https://hall.spacewalkoffame.org/workers/ethel-l-lee