Remembering Ronald E. McNair A Symbol of Perseverance and Inclusion

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. McNair was accepted into the NASA astronaut program in 1978 and took his first trip into space aboard the Challenger in 1984 (mission STS-41B). On this page: Intro > Education > Astronaut > McNair Scholars. Ronald McNair Astronaut. Born October 21, 1950, Ronald Erwin McNair grew up in Lake City, ... Ronald Erwin McNair was a physicist and one of the first African American astronauts to go into space. He was also the first black astronaut to die on a 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 ... Astronaut Ronald McNair playing his saxophone aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger NASA ... Ahead of his 1986 flight he had been collaborating with ... Celebrate the life and legacy of Ron McNair, whose achievements as an astronaut ... Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, which ... Astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair was assigned as a mission specialist and was a crew member on two Space Shuttle Missions. Ronald Erwin McNair was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he ... McNair Memorial Park in the astronaut's home town began in 1989 as a collaboration among the Ronald McNair Committee, a community organization dedicated to ...