Judith Love Cohen | |
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 Cohen and the Atlas / Able satellite on which she worked in 1959 | |
| Born | August 16, 1933 |
| Died | July 25, 2016 (aged 82) Culver City, California, U.S. |
| Burial place | Eden Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Other names | Judith Love Siegel Judith Love Black Judith Love Katz |
| Occupation(s) | Aerospace engineer Author |
| Years active | 1952–2016 |
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| Children | 4, including Neil Siegel and Jack Black |
Judith Love Cohen (August 16, 1933 – July 25, 2016)[1] was an American aerospace engineer. She was an electrical engineer on the Minuteman missile, the science ground station for the Hubble Space Telescope, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, and the Apollo Space Program.[2] In particular, her work on the Abort-Guidance System is credited with helping save Apollo 13. After her retirement from engineering, she founded a children's multimedia publishing company,[3] eventually publishing more than 20 titles before her death in 2016. She was the mother of computer scientist and engineer Neil Siegel and actor-musician Jack Black.
- ^ "Judith Cohen". Los Angeles Times. July 28, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2021 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Friend, Robyn (2006). The Women of Apollo. Cascade Pass, Inc. ISBN 1-880599-79-1.
- ^ Siegel, Neil (July 29, 2016). "In Memory of Judith Love Cohen: Mother, Wife, Friend, Author, Engineer". USC – Viterbi School of Engineering.