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Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Apr 10, 2024 · Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the Founding Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law. She teaches courses on federalism, procedure, courts, prisons, equality, and citizenship.
One of the seven crew members who died in the tragic explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, Judith (“J.R.”) Resnik was a pioneer for women entering NASA’s space program, and the second American woman astronaut to travel in space.
Mar 29, 2019 · Dr. Judith Resnik was a NASA astronaut and engineer. She was part of the first group of female astronauts recruited by the space agency, and the second American woman to fly in space. She participated in two missions, logging a total of 144 hours and 57 minutes on orbit.
Mar 14, 2024 · Judith Resnik, an engineer and pilot, was selected in NASA's 1978 class of astronauts. She was one of the first six female astronaut candidates in America's space program.
Jun 25, 2018 · NASA astronaut Judith Resnik. Resnik was the second American female astronaut in space, following ’78 classmate Sally Ride. She logged 145 hours in orbit, traveling to space on the first flight of the shuttle orbiter Discovery in 1984.
Jan 26, 2012 · The first Jew and second woman to travel to space, Judith Resnik lost her life in the tragic explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, in which six other astronauts were killed. Institution: NASA. Mission Specialist Judith Resnik sits on the floor of the middeck on September 8, 1984.
Jun 3, 2024 · Judith Resnik was many things — an accomplished pianist, scholar, gourmet cook, engineer, and more — but she is best known for being the second American woman in space; the first Jewish person in space; and a member of the ill-fated Challenger Space Shuttle crew, that met a horrible, nationally-televised disaster.
JUDITH A. RESNIK (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born April 5, 1949, in Akron, Ohio. Died January 28, 1986. Unmarried. She was a classical pianist and also enjoyed bicycling, running, and flying during her free time. EDUCATION: Graduated from Firestone High School, Akron, Ohio, in 1966;
Feb 10, 1986 · Judith Resnik 1949-1986. S he was not the first woman in space, or even the first American woman. Those honors went to the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and America’s Sally Ride ...
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