To her friends and family, it was no surprise that Judith Resnik became an astronaut. They said it was apparent from her earliest years that she could do anything she put her mind to -- and excel.

“You were even a little meshuggah then.” The next day I saw a Facebook update from the Jewish Women’s Archive about Judith Resnik, the only female, and Jewish, astronaut aboard the Challenger.

Judith Resnik, the second American woman in space, bad been a pioneer really for more than 20 years.

Jan. 28, 2021, was the anniversary of the tragedy in 1986 of the Space Shuttle Challenger. The Challenger had a crew of 7, including Astronaut Judy Resnik.

In NASA's 40 years of flying into space, there have been a few Jewish astronauts -- such as Judith Resnick, who died in the Challenger shuttle explosion in 1986, and David Wolf, who just returned ...

Southwest ISD dedicated the new Judith A. Resnik Middle School, honoring the heroic astronaut killed during space shuttle Challenger launch.

The Akron-born Resnik was on board the space shuttle when it exploded during takeoff.

While researching a future (and massive) Throwback Thursday, I came across this shot, which stopped me in my tracks. The woman in the photograph is astronaut Judith Resnik. In November 1984, she ...

Her class of 35 astronaut candidates, whittled down from more than 8,000 applicants, included five other women: Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judy Resnik, Rhea Seddon and Kathy Sullivan.

AKRON, Ohio — In Akron, Judy Resnik's legacy of strength, smarts and determination is not forgotten. Resnik was a trailblazer. An engineer, a pilot, and only the second female American astronaut ...

RANDOLPH: An American flag ribbon was placed on the street sign for Judy Resnik Drive on Thursday in honor of the astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986. The ribbon was ...