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Born: Born 5 April 1949, in Akron, Ohio. Education: Received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970, and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1977. Marital Status: Unmarried. Other Activities: She was a classical pianist and also enjoyed bicycling, running, and flying during her free time. Organizations: Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Association for the Advancement of Science, IEEE Committee on Professional Opportunities for Women, American Association of University Women, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tau Beta Pi (national engineering society), Eta Kappa Nu, Mortarboard, and Senior Member of the Society of Women Engineers. Awards: Resnik and her six crewmates were awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on 23 July 2004. Special Honors: Graduate Study Program Award, RCA, 1971; American Association of University Women Fellow, 1975-1976; and NASA Space Flight Medal, 1984. Experience: Judy "J.R." Resnik was employed by RCA in Moorestown, New Jersey upon graduation from Carnegie-Mellon University. In 1971, she was transferred to RCA in Springfield, Virginia. Her projects while with RCA as a design engineer included circuit design and development of custom integrated circuitry for phased-array radar control systems; specification, project management, and performance evaluation of control system equipment; and engineering support for NASA sounding rocket and telemetry systems programs. She authored a paper concerning design procedures for special-purpose integrated circuitry. Judy was a biomedical engineer and staff fellow in the Laboratory of Neurophysiology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1974 to 1977, where she performed biological research experiments concerning the physiology of visual systems. Immediately preceding her selection by NASA in 1978, she was a senior systems engineer in product development with Xerox Corporation at El Segundo, California. NASA Experience: Judy was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. She completed a one-year training and evaluation period in August 1979. She subsequently worked on a number of projects in support of Orbiter development, including experiment software, the Remote Manipulator System (RMS - the Orbiter's robot arm), and training techniques. She first flew as a mission specialist on STS-41D Discovery, which launched from Kennedy Space Center on 30 August 1984. During this seven-day mission the crew successfully activated the OAST-1 solar cell wing experiment, deployed three satellites, SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2, and TELSTAR 3-C, operated the CFES-III experiment, the student crystal growth experiment, and photography experiments using the IMAX motion picture camera which were used in the film "The Dream is Alive". The crew earned the name "Icebusters" in successfully removing hazardous ice particles from the orbiter using the RMS. STS-41D completed 96 orbits before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 5 September 1984. She logged 144 hours and 57 minutes in space. Her final mission was as a mission specialist of STS-51L Challenger. This mission included the first citizen, Teacher In Space Christa McAuliffe. It was to have deployed a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and a retrievable spacecraft, SPARTAN, to study Comet Halley. Quote: "I want to do everything there is to be done... I'll never get old." |
