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Title
Judith
Resnik
Doing
Experiment
Photograph
Subject
Transportation
Science and Technology
Ohio Women
Flight
Aeronautics
Astronauts
Space flight
Resnik, Judith, 1949-1986
Discovery (Spacecraft)
Challenger (Spacecraft)
Medicine--Research
Place
Akron (Ohio)
Summit County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
of
astronaut
Judith
Resnik
working
on an
experiment
was
taken
in
May
1984
.
Resnik
was
preparing
for a
project
aimed
at
separating
large
quantities
of
biological
materials
in
space
for
ultimate
use
in
pharmaceuticals
. The
experiment
never
took
place
in
space
,
however
,
due
to the
tragic
explosion
of the
space
shuttle
Challenger
shortly
after
liftoff
in
1986
.
Resnik
(1949-1986)
was
born
in
Akron
and
graduated
from
Firestone
High
School
. She
earned
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
. She
began
working
at
RCA
as a
design
engineer
in
1971
and 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
. She was
selected
as an
astronaut
candidate
by
NASA
in
1978
.
During
her
first
mission
in
space
,
Resnik
and the
crew
of the
Discovery
became
known
as "
Icebusters
" by
successfully
removing
hazardous
ice
particles
from the
orbiter
using
the
Remote
Manipulator
System
.
Resnik
was
killed
during
her
second
mission
on
January
28
,
1986
when
the
space
shuttle
Challenger
exploded
shortly
after
liftoff
.
Creator
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Date of Original
1984
Collection
Judith
Resnik
Collection
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
SC
4723
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om3110_3671700_006.tif
Image Height
3188
Image Width
3973
File Size
4883.267 KB
Date created
2009-01-09
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