While it's impossible to know the exact number of Jewish individuals who worked on the Space Shuttle program, we do know that several Jewish astronauts and engineers played significant roles, including Judith Resnik, Jeffrey Hoffman, and Ilan Ramon.
Here's a more detailed look:
Judith Resnik: The first Jewish American and second Jew to go into space, flew on the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1984.
Jeffrey Hoffman: The first Jewish-American man to go into space, he read a Torah portion from space in 1985.
Ilan Ramon: An Israeli astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Boris Volynov: The first Jew to go into space, a Soviet astronaut.
Nichelle Nichols: Star Trek actress who worked for NASA as a recruiter of new astronaut candidates, many of them women and minorities.
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