Judith Resnik

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Judith Resnik was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut who became one of the first American women in space and tragically died during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Jew
NASA astronaut
aerospace engineer
electrical engineer
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
PhD in electrical engineering
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor
causeOfDeath Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1949-04-05
dateOfDeath 1986-01-28
educatedAt CMU
surface form: "Carnegie Mellon University"

University of Maryland
surface form: "University of Maryland, College Park"
employer NASA
familyName Resnik
fieldOfWork aerospace engineering
electrical engineering
fullName Judith Resnik
surface form: "Judith Arlene Resnik"
givenName Judith
hasSibling Charles Resnik
mannerOfDeath accident
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps
memorial Judith A. Resnik Community Learning Center, Akron, Ohio
Judith A. Resnik Elementary School, Gaithersburg, Maryland
asteroid 3356 Resnik
crater Resnik on the Moon
NASAAstronautGroup NASA Astronaut Group 8
notableEvent launch and destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger on STS-51-L
notableFor being one of the first Jewish astronauts from the United States
being the second American woman in space
dying in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
occupation astronaut
engineer
placeOfBirth Akron
surface form: "Akron, Ohio, United States"
placeOfDeath over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida, United States
religion Judaism
roleInMission mission specialist on STS-41-D
mission specialist on STS-51-L
selectionYear 1978
sexOrGender female
spaceMission STS-41-D
STS-51-L
spaceShuttleFlownOn Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Discovery
totalTimeInSpace approximately 6 days
wasOneOf first American women in space
workedOn experiments in materials processing in space
orbiter deployment and retrieval systems

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

surface form: "Judith A. Resnik"
STS-51L crewFatality Judith Resnik
STS-51L crewMember Judith Resnik
Judith Resnik fullName Judith Resnik
surface form: "Judith Arlene Resnik"
STS-51L missionSpecialist Judith Resnik

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