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Judith Resnik

1949 - 1986

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Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any nationality to fly in space, logging 145 hours in orbit. Recognized while still a child for her intellectual brilliance, Resnik was accepted at Carnegie Institute of Technology after becoming only the sixteenth woman in the history of the United States to have attained a perfect score on the SAT exam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judith Resnik has received more than 2,177,886 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Judith Resnik is the 60th most popular astronaut (up from 63rd in 2019), the 2,922nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,026th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 45

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  • 4.68

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Judith Resnik ranks 60 out of 524Before her are Viktor Patsayev, Phạm Tuân, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Viktor Gorbatko, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Sally Ride. After her are Ronald Evans, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Dick Scobee, Georgi Ivanov, Aleksei Gubarev, and Viktor Savinykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Judith Resnik ranks 165Before her are Alexander Godunov, John Savage, Clodoaldo, Trương Tấn Sang, John Wetton, and Walid Jumblatt. After her are Jeremy Corbyn, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Nebojša Radmanović, Phil Lynott, Massimo D'Alema, and Slavenka Drakulić. Among people deceased in 1986, Judith Resnik ranks 98Before her are Michael J. Smith, Elsa Lanchester, Princess Anne of Orléans, Vitaly Abalakov, Helen B. Taussig, and Valentin Kataev. After her are Scatman Crothers, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Phil Lynott, Dick Scobee, Raúl Prebisch, and Elisabeth Bergner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judith Resnik ranks 2,922 out of 18,182Before her are John Kennedy Toole (1937), Robert Garrett (1875), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Frank Stallone (1950), George Huntington (1850), and Clarence Brown (1890). After her are Carol W. Greider (1961), Audre Lorde (1934), Stephen Smale (1930), Terence McKenna (1946), J. P. Guilford (1897), and Don Norman (1935).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Judith Resnik ranks 31Before her are Gordon Cooper (1927), Wally Schirra (1923), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard F. Gordon Jr. (1929), and Sally Ride (1951). After her are Ronald Evans (1933), Dick Scobee (1939), Charles Duke (1935), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Gregory Jarvis (1944), and Deke Slayton (1924).