Celebrating the Life and Achievements of Ronald E. McNair

Ronald Ervin McNair was born to Carl and Pearl McNair on October 21, 1950 ... In later years, as an experienced astronaut, McNair would counsel young ... NASA Astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair (Ph.d.) was assigned as a mission specialist and was a crew member on two space shuttle missions. This building played an important role in the early education of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, Lake City native and former NASA astronaut who, at nine years of age, was ... A museum that pays tribute to the life of Dr. McNair, a Lake City-born astronaut and physicist who died in the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. McNair was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. The following year he would be qualified for an assignment on the Space Shuttle ... The program is named in honor of Ronald E. McNair, a NASA mission specialist astronaut and nationally recognized physicist. 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, ... 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 ... Weekly Program Updates. About Ronald McNair. Ronald E. McNair. Upworthy. 167K subscribers. How It All Began For Ronald McNair, the Astronaut! Upworthy. Search. McNair was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. In 1979, he ... McNair's honor—the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program ...