Ronald E. McNair A Legacy of Excellence

The McNair Scholars Program is a federally funded initiative established in memory of physicist and Challenger Astronaut Ronald E. McNair. McNair on NASA's Astronaut Biographies page. CWU News. Music Education graduate finds his calling in diplomacy. January 1, 2025. 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. Ronald E. McNair was born on October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. McNair achieved early success in the segregated public school system. Ronald E. McNair PhD '77 was selected as one of 35 applicants from a pool of 10,000 for the NASA astronaut program in 1978. He was one of the first three ... On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American person to enter space. But first, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City ... One of the first African American astronauts, McNair, was selected as a mission specialist astronaut for NASA's Space Shuttle Program in 1978. Ronald E. McNair Program. Menu Search Search. Log In · UNL McNair Home ... D. Photo of Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D. in astronaut flight suit. "Whether or not ... 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 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 ...