Not only the mother of a famous Hollywood star, Judith Love Cohen was working on stars....or at least as an electrical engineer working for a supplier to NASA! Among her greatest accomplishments, was her work on the Apollo abort guidance system which helped safely guide astronauts back to earth during the disastrous Apollo 13 mission. Learn all about what went wrong during this disastrous mission, the role of the abort guidance system during the mission, as well as Judy's other contributions to science including her series of inspirational children's books.
Tune in to learn about Judy's work with Apollo 13 during episode thirteen of The Inventing HerStory Podcast!

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracking_and_data_relay_satellite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Abort_Guidance_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Love_Cohen
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-06-cl-7284-story.html

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