Former Astronaut Judith A. Resnik
Judith Resnik, an engineer and pilot, was selected in NASA's 1978 class of astronauts. She was one of the first six female astronaut candidates in America's space program. She flew to space in 1984 on STS-41D, and was one of the crew members of STS-51L that died tragically in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986.