Ronald McNair A Legacy of Inspiration and Achievement in Science and Education

Ronald E. McNair was a pioneering physicist, astronaut, and inspiration to countless individuals. Born on October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South ... Ronald Erwin McNair was born in Lake City, South Carolina on Oct. 21, 1950. McNair came from a low income family. He graduated high school in 1967 as the ... FOX Carolina is celebrating Black History Month 2022 by highlighting South Carolinians who have a place in our state's story. This program is a graduate school preparation project for first generation/income eligible college students and individuals underrepresented in graduate ... 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 ... Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) ... Ronald Erwin McNair was a physicist and one of the first African American astronauts to go into space. He was ... Dr. Ronald E. McNair was America's second black astronaut - in 1984 he broke the bonds of Earth as a scientist aboard the 10th space shuttle mission. His brother Carl wrote Ronald's official biography, In the Spirit of Ronald E. McNair—Astronaut: An American Hero. McNair graduated as ... In the annals of space exploration, few stories are as inspiring as that of Ronald McNair, an American physicist and NASA astronaut who ... One of America's first African American astronauts, Ronald Erwin McNair was born October 21, 1950 to a struggling family in racially segregated Lake City, ...