Happy New Year!!!!!

I know that I'm at least five days late from writing this, but Happy New Year! As I mentioned in a post that I posted sometime in July or August 2017, I wished that everyone would come together to make Judy Resnik a hero to every girl! Sure Sally Ride may have been the first American woman in Space, but I just feel that Judy deserves as much recognition as Sally because Judy didn't get to live to be the age Sally was when she passed. She died way too young. However, she managed to be a strong leader for her women astronauts in her class (so did Sally) and learned how to use the robotic arm in space on the STS-41-D mission in 1984. The mission was originally scheduled for June 24, 1984 but due to an invisible fire, it was put on hiatus. The mission started on August 30 - September 5, 1984. Judy logged at least 145 hours in space. While on the Space Shuttle Discovery, she had her hair caught in the IMAX Camera. Mike Coats had the work with the camera for a very long time to get it to work again. Let me take you back a decade in a half. In June 1964, Judy Resnik, who was 15 at the time, ranked First Place in Algebra II with a perfect paper in the Ohio State Scholarships Test. Also, Judy was in the French Club at Firestone High School, reason I say that is because she was the only girl in the club. She was a great singer and pianist. Believe it or not, Judy sometimes singed while she played the piano. While deciding over who would get custody of the kids (Judy's parents divorce), Judy presented evidence to the judge, which her dad won custody of her. Her brother was raised by her mom. Judy and her mother were the complete opposite. While her mom was often cutthroat, Judy was often sweet. Once, Judy sneaked out her bedroom window to meet up with a boyfriend. She later said that her parents didn't even noticed that she was gone! Now, let me go forward a few years, around her marriage. She was runner-up for Homecoming queen. When she first learned about NASA accepting women astronauts, her friends decided to dare her into trying out for it. To her surprise, she got in! As the first Jewish-American astronaut, she really didn't like the title. I got to admit, neither did I. Did you know that before she died, she came close to earning her pilots license? She said that after the mission, she was going to speak and do conferences. Our Page: