The Unstoppable Spirit of Ronald E. McNair

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 ... NASA Astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair (Ph.d.) was assigned as a mission specialist and was a crew member on two space shuttle missions. Weekly Program Updates. About Ronald McNair. Ronald E. McNair. Upworthy. 167K subscribers. How It All Began For Ronald McNair, the Astronaut! Upworthy. Search. 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. South Carolina history is rich with contributions from African-Americans. Today we feature astronaut and scientist Ronald E. McNair. 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 - second African American to go into space ... E McNair Post-Baccalaurate Achievement Program; the McNair crater on ... Ronald E. McNair, one of the nation's first African ... McNair was considered an expert in his field when NASA took him on as an astronaut in 1978. Ronald Ervin McNair was born to Carl and Pearl McNair on October 21, 1950 ... In later years, as an experienced astronaut, McNair would counsel young ... 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, ...