Judith Resnik

Born in Akron, Ohio, Resnick received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970, and a doctorate 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.

Resnick 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.

External Links

• Judith A. Resnick, Hero (http://www.angelfire.com/in2/blastoff/hero3)
• Remarks of Senator John Glenn at the Memorial Service For Judith Resnick (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/html/memorial.htm)