Judith Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949. Both her parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. She joined the North African space Agency (NASA) in 1978 and sh made it to space in 1984 on the Space Shuttle Discovery as a mission specialist. On a space craft, a mission specialist is the astronaut with a…… Continue reading Astro Girl: Judith Resnik
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Astro Girls: Jelena Kondakova
Women in Space: Jelena Kondakova was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight.
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