Judith Resnik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Judith Resnik

American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died in the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger during the launch of mission STS-51-L

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1949

Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 28-Jan-1986

Profession: astronaut, engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Judith Resnik

  • Judith Arlene Resnik (; April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L.
  • Resnik was the second American woman in space and the fourth woman in space worldwide, logging 145 hours in orbit.
  • She was also the first Jewish American in space and the first Jewish woman of any nationality in space.
  • The IEEE Judith Resnik Award for space engineering is named in her honor. Initially planning to be a concert pianist, Resnik turned down a place at the Juilliard School of Music, choosing instead to study at Carnegie Mellon University after being 1 of only 16 women in the history of the United States to have attained a perfect score on the SAT exam at the time.
  • She went on to graduate with a degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon before attaining a Ph.D.
  • in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland.
  • Recognised while still a child for her "intellectual brilliance", Resnik went on to work for RCA as an engineer on NASA missile and radar projects, was a senior systems engineer for Xerox Corporation and published research on special purpose integrated circuitry before she was recruited by NASA to the astronaut program as a mission specialist at age 28.
  • While training on the astronaut program, she developed software and operating procedures for NASA missions.
  • She was also a pilot and made research contributions to biomedical engineering as a research fellow of biomedical engineering at the National Institutes of Health.

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