CANCEL
Missions
Badges
Memorial
This astronaut gave their life in the pursuit of space exploration.
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Crewmates
116
Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.
3
MISSIONS
20.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
142
Ronald E. McNair
2
MISSIONS
8
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
146
Francis R. Scobee
2
MISSIONS
7
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
151
Michael L. Coats
3
MISSIONS
19.3
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
152
Richard M. Mullane
3
MISSIONS
14.8
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
153
Steven A. Hawley
5
MISSIONS
32.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
155
Charles D. Walker
3
MISSIONS
19.9
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
164
Ellison S. Onizuka
2
MISSIONS
3.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
207
Michael J. Smith
1
MISSIONS
-
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
208
Gregory B. Jarvis
1
MISSIONS
-
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
209
S. Christa McAuliffe
1
MISSIONS
-
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Judith Arlene Resnik was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L. Resnik was the second American woman in space and the fourth woman in space worldwide, logging 145 hours in orbit. She was the first Jewish woman of any nationality in space. The IEEE Judith Resnik Award for space engineering is named in her honor.