The Extraordinary Impact of Ronald E. McNair From Astronaut to Advocate

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 ... Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was a physicist and NASA astronaut ... Public honors. McNair statue. Dr. Ronald E. McNair memorial in ... 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 ... 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 Park. This text is part of Parks' Historical Signs ... Ronald Erwin McNair (1950-1986), the second African-American astronaut to ... ... astronaut program in 1978. On his first space flight in 1984, Dr. McNair successfully conducted several experiments, including manipulating a remote arm ... 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. The McNair Scholars Program is named after the fallen Challenger astronaut. McNair Scholar Programs are committed to providing first ... 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 ... Ronald McNair was an American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster. McNair received a bachelor's degree in ...