Judith Resnik
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| Nationality | American |
| Born | April 5, 1949 Akron, Ohio |
| Died | January 28, 1986 Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| Occupation1 | Engineer |
| Space time | 6d 00h 56m |
| Selection | 1978 NASA Group |
| Mission(s) | STS-41-D, STS-51-L |
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Dr. Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut who died at the age of 36 in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster during the launch of the mission STS-51-L.
Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio and attended Hebrew school. She graduated from Firestone High School. She received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University in 1970, and a Ph.D. in that field in 1977 at the University of Maryland. After graduation from Carnegie Mellon, she was employed at RCA where she was a design engineer, and later worked with various NASA projects contracted to the company.
While working toward her doctorate, Resnik was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health as a biomedical engineer. Later, she was a systems engineer with Xerox Corporation.
Resnik was selected for the astronaut program in January 1978, and had served as a mission specialist on the maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Discovery, August-September 1984. She was likewise a mission specialist aboard the Challenger.
[edit] Posthumous honors
The Resnik crater, located within the Apollo impact basin on the far side of the Moon, was named in her honor.
A dormitory at Carnegie Mellon is named in her honor and there is a statue commemorating her on the grounds as well.
Fairlawn Elementary School in her hometown of Akron was renamed to Judith Resnik Elementary School when it reopened in December, 2006. There is also an elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland named in her honor, having been opened in 1992.
Resnik was portrayed by Julie Fulton in the 1990 TV movie Challenger.
[edit] External links
- Official NASA Bio
- Challenger Center bio
- Remarks of Senator John Glenn at the Memorial Service For Judith Resnik
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