Melba Roy, NASA Mathematician, 1964.

Melba Roy, NASA Mathmetician, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland in 1964.

Thanks to National Society of Black Physicist member and fellow USCS Alum Dr. Anouk Shambrook for pointing me to Melba Roy an African American woman that was part of the USA space efforts! I tracked the original post to here: http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/43006851970/melba-roy-nasa-mathmetician-at-the-goddard-space.

In the post Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein another NSBP member is mentioned. 

Melba Roy was head of the group that tracked the Echo satellites. The picture is courtesy of NASA.

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