What was Judith Resnik's role in the maiden voyage of Discovery?
Operating its robotic arm
Piloting the shuttle
Observing the mission
Communicating with the ground station
Answer
Operating the robotic arm was Judith Resnik's role in the maiden voyage of Discovery. She was a mission specialist on the STS-41-D mission, which launched in August 1984. She was the first American woman to operate the robotic arm in space. The robotic arm is used to retrieve and deploy satellites, and to perform other tasks outside the spacecraft.
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