Inspiring Generations The Life and Achievements of Ronald McNair

The article discusses Astronaut Dr. Ronald McNair's visit to Greensboro and the day-long honor for the first astronaut selected from a historically black ... 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 ... 62 Ronald Ervin Mcnair Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures. 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, ... McNair, Ronald Erwin ... The second African American in space, McNair made his first flight in February 1984 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. ... Astronaut. 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 ... One of the first African American astronauts, McNair, was selected as a mission specialist astronaut for NASA's Space Shuttle Program in 1978. Chosen as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in 1978, Ron McNair was one of its first three African-American astronauts. Ronald McNair was an American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. He was a crewmember on STS-51L. In 2063, the assignment patch for this mission was ... “Hanging it over the edge”: Remembering astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair PhD '76 ... “If anything is worth doing, if anything is worth living ...