Honoring Ronald E. McNair A Pioneer in Aerospace and Education

Ronald Mcnair - second African American to go into space ... E McNair Post-Baccalaurate Achievement Program; the McNair crater on ... Ronald McNair (center) talks with students in the N.C. A&T space shuttle experiment program on April 13, 1984. McNair graduated as valedictorian of Carver ... A tribute to astronaut and MIT alum, Dr. Ronald E. McNair, featuring a collection of voices from those who knew him. Official NASA portrait of Ronald E. McNair, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Ronald Erwin McNair grew up in Lake City, the second son of Carl and ... He was the second African American astronaut to go to space. The University of South Carolina called McNair “the unlikeliest of heroes” but the ... His brother, Carl S., also wrote the official biography, In the Spirit of Ronald E. McNair- Astronaut: An American Hero (https://www.amazon.com/ ... 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. Biography of Ronald McNair · While at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. · In 1975, he studied laser physics with many authorities in the field at E'cole ... McNair was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. The following year he would be qualified for an assignment on the Space Shuttle ... 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 ...