The Courageous Journey of Ronald E. McNair

Total time in space: 7.97 days. Birth Place: South Carolina. Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:RONALD E. MCNAIR (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT ( ... Ronald Erwin McNair (1950 - 1986) physicist, and 2nd African American astronaut in space was also a proud graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical ... Ronald McNair: A Famous Black Astronaut, Physicist, and Baha'i ... E-mail. Password. Jules R. Jul 6, 2024. -. Thank you for sharing Radiance ... McNair was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. The following year he would be qualified for an assignment on the Space Shuttle ... RM T28PR8–S84-27211 (8 Feb 1984) --- Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, 41-B mission specialist, uses some of his off-duty time, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, ... Ron McNair, one of the astronauts killed in the Challenger explosion, is being honored in his hometown where he stood up for racial equality ... Ronald E. McNair. Chosen as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in 1978, Ron McNair was one of its first three African-American astronauts. RONALD E. MCNAIR (PH.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED). PERSONAL DATA: Born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. Died. January 28, 1986. He is survived ... Dr. Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) was a native of Lake City and renowned physicist and astronaut. He was the second African American astronaut to travel in ... Ronald E. McNair was survived by his wife and two children. He was not only an astronaut and physicist but in his lifetime Dr. McNair was a talented jazz ...