Judith Resnik

Astronaut

1949 – 1986

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Who was Judith Resnik?

Judith Arlene Resnik was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L.

Resnik was the second American female astronaut, logging 145 hours in orbit. She was a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and had a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland. The IEEE Judith Resnik Award for space engineering is named in her honor.

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Born
Apr 5, 1949
Akron
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
    Electrical engineering
    ( - 1977)
  • Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Mellon University
    Electrical engineering
    ( - 1970)
  • Firestone High School
    ( - 1966)
Lived in
  • Akron
  • Pittsburgh
Died
Jan 28, 1986
Cape Canaveral

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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