Ronald E. McNair A Role Model for Aspiring Scientists and Engineers

Ronald E. McNair. Chosen as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in 1978, Ron McNair was one of its first three African-American astronauts. Dr. Ronald E. McNair Monument. This text is part of Parks' Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. This monument, which combines a ... Who is Eligible to Participate in McNair? · be highly motivated, dedicated to gaining a Ph.D. and teaching at the university level · have achieved sophomore ... Biography of Ronald McNair · Black Hair · Brown Eyes · Height: 5 feet 8 inches · Weight: 160 pounds. A respected physicist and astronaut, he was the second African-American to travel into space. He was a Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger ... D. in physics from MIT in 1976, and today that same library bears Ronald E. McNair's name as a testament to how far we have come. McNair was already an ... Dr. McNair was the second African American to reach space. As a mission specialist, one of his responsibilities included operating the payload projects and ... The University of Mississippi Ronald E. McNair Program. One of the first African American astronauts, McNair, was selected as a mission specialist astronaut for NASA's Space Shuttle Program in 1978. RONALD E. McNAIR. Ronald Ervin McNair, the second African American to fly in space, was born on October 12, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina, where he ...