Who was Judith A. Resnik?
Second American woman to go into space
Name: Judith A. Resnik
Occupation: Astronaut
Born: April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University
Doctorate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland
TIME IN SPACE
First Mission: The Discovery, orbited the Earth 96 times
Second Mission: January 28, 1986- The Challenger STS 51-L
(the spaceship was destroyed one minute and 13 seconds after its launch)
Died: January 28, 1986 (age 36) in the Challenger accident