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
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NASA astronaut → aerospace engineer → electrical engineer → human → |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
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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
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surface form: "Carnegie Mellon University"
University of Maryland →
surface form: "University of Maryland, College Park"
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| employer | NASA → |
| familyName | Resnik → |
| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
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electrical engineering → |
| fullName |
Judith Resnik
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surface form: "Judith Arlene Resnik"
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| givenName | Judith → |
| hasSibling | Charles Resnik → |
| mannerOfDeath | accident → |
| memberOf | NASA Astronaut Corps → |
| memorial |
Judith A. Resnik Community Learning Center, Akron, Ohio
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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
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being the second American woman in space → dying in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → |
| occupation |
astronaut
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engineer → |
| placeOfBirth |
Akron
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surface form: "Akron, Ohio, United States"
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| placeOfDeath | over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida, United States → |
| religion | Judaism → |
| roleInMission |
mission specialist on STS-41-D
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mission specialist on STS-51-L → |
| selectionYear | 1978 → |
| sexOrGender | female → |
| spaceMission |
STS-41-D
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STS-51-L → |
| spaceShuttleFlownOn |
Space Shuttle Challenger
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Space Shuttle Discovery → |
| totalTimeInSpace | approximately 6 days → |
| wasOneOf | first American women in space → |
| workedOn |
experiments in materials processing in space
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orbiter deployment and retrieval systems → |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
surface form: "Judith A. Resnik"
surface form: "Judith Arlene Resnik"