Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

The Akron native was among seven astronauts lost in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Decades later, her ...

For 73 seconds, a crowd of excited Americans looked to the sky in wonder and awe as they waved goodbye to the crew aboard ...

Ohio native Judith Resnik was a mission specialist on the doomed Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded shortly after ...

It’s the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Seven astronauts, including Akron native Judith A. Resnik, were killed ...