Who Was Judith A. Resnik?

Name : Judith A. Resnik
Occupation: Astronaut
She was the second American woman to go into space
Born: April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio

Education:
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University
Doctorate in electrical engineering from 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 when the Challenger was destroyed at 36 years old