Judith Resnik

Oficiální znak (patch) mise STS-51-L se jmény sedmičlenné posádky.

Mission Specialist on STS-51-L, an electrical engineer and the second American woman in space.

Born 5 April 1949 in Akron, Ohio. She earned a degree in electrical engineering and a PhD from the University of Maryland. In 1984, on the maiden flight of the orbiter Discovery (STS-41-D), she became the second American woman in space and the first Jewish-American in space. On Challenger's STS-51-L she flew her second and final mission.

NationalityUSA

Born5 April 1949

Died28 January 1986

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SPACEFLIGHTS

STS-51-L28 January 1986

STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth mission of the Space Shuttle program. On 28 January 1986, 73 seconds after launch, the orbiter Challenger broke apart when a frost-embrittled O-ring in its right solid rocket booster failed — the entire seven-member crew died, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.open article →

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