Celebrating the Legacy of Ronald E. McNair A Champion of STEM Education

Official portrait photograph of Astronaut Ronald E. McNair. Astronaut McNair is in the blue Shuttle flight suit, standing in front of a ... 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 1989, the U.S. Department of Education established the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program to prepare eligible students ... FOX Carolina is celebrating Black History Month 2022 by highlighting South Carolinians who have a place in our state's story. ... astronaut Ronald E. McNair's approach to life. Ronald McNair as a PhD student at MIT, 1970s. NASA Astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair (Ph.d.) was assigned as a mission specialist and was a crew member on two space shuttle missions. Ronald McNair was one of thirty-five applicants selected by NASA for the astronaut program in 1978 and became the second African American to fly in space. Ronald Erwin McNair (1950 - 1986) physicist, and 2nd African American astronaut in space was also a proud graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical ... McNair on NASA's Astronaut Biographies page. CWU News. Music Education graduate finds his calling in diplomacy. January 1, 2025. McNair? Ronald Erwin McNair was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission ...