Famous Women Engineers in History--Book 5: Judith Resnick

There have only been a few times, when nearly everyone can remember where and how they heard the news. For example, the end of WWII, the assassination of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., Princess Diana’s death, and the Challenger disaster. The Challenger disaster was different than the others, however; because, somewhat like 9/11 (just 15 years later), people didn’t just hear the news — they saw it happen. This story is about one member of the Challenger’s crew — Judith Resnik. She often said she didn’t want to be seen as a woman astronaut, or a Jewish astronaut, just as an astronaut. So, this story is about Judith Resnik — engineer, astronaut and American hero.