Celebrating the Legacy of Ronald McNair A Role Model for Aspiring Scientists

“Hanging it over the edge”: Remembering astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair PhD '76 ... “If anything is worth doing, if anything is worth living ... TIL I learned that Ronald McNair, the second African-American in space and one of the seven victims of the Challenger disaster, was a Bahá'í. Tribute to Dr. Ronald E. McNair and his love for education and space exploration. This animated video features Carl McNair telling the story of his brother Ronald, an African American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars. The purpose of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program is to award grants to institutions of higher education for projects designed ... Ronald McNair could read and write before entering school and was considered a mechanical genius, which earned him the nickname of "Gizmo." The impetus for his ... Ronald Erwin McNair was America's second black astronaut and one of seven crew members killed in the space shuttle Challenger explosion January 28, 1986. In 1978, McNair was selected from a pool of 10,000 applicants to join the NASA astronaut program and made his first trip to space as a mission ... Ron McNair plays sax in space, 1984 ... Accomplished jazz saxophonist Ron McNair, the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, shown here playing ... Ronald McNair was nationally recognized for his work in laser physics and was one of the thirty-five applicants selected by NASA from a pool of ten thousand.