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Judy Sullivan
Judy Sullivan was a lead biomedical engineer for the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Judy was 26 at the time she was working for NASA, and she was one of very few women working for the company. Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to ever land on the moon. Judy had many different interests in life, which would explain the multitude of different jobs.

Early Life
Judy Sullivan started out working as a high school math and science teacher. In 1966 she went over to NASA and became the first woman engineer to work with spacecraft operations. Along with a high school teacher and a NASA engineer Judy was also a food technologist at Kraft. At only 26 years old Judy was one of 16 engineers and one of 100 woman working at NASA at the time.

Work at NASA
While at NASA Judy Sullivan held the lead engineering job of the biomedical systems for the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Judy was in charge of working with the suits the astronauts would be wearing, and making sure all parts of the suits were working properly. Judy had little communication with the astronauts, she did have some because, she was in charge of making sure everything would work properly when they were up there. After Judy's career at NASA she was invited onto a television show "To tell the Truth".

Acting Career
Judy was very respected at NASA for her great work with the Apollo 11 spacecraft, but after that mission they separated ways. After NASA Judy's only son had moved out and she started to experience empty nest syndrome. Judy's next move was to try modeling so she met with Philadelphia Casting Co, and once she gave her first commercial she knew from there that it was going to be hard to stop this career. Judy got her first lead role in a movie about a soldier in Vietnam who finds a doctors diary.