Celebrating the Legacy of Ronald McNair, a Trailblazing Physicist and Astronaut

Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair, Physicist and Astronaut, dared to dream. As an African-American growing up in a poor community in the South, he encountered ... Ronald McNair High School 9550 Ronald E. McNair Way Stockton, CA 95210 Tel (209) 953-9245 Fax: (209) 953-3213 Office Hours: Mon-Fri Public honors · McNair Elementary School in Compton, California · Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, California · Ronald McNair Elementary ... Dr. McNair became a nationally recognized expert in laser physics while on the staff of Hughes Research Laboratory and received many honorary degrees, ... TIL I learned that Ronald McNair, the second African-American in space and one of the seven victims of the Challenger disaster, was a Bahá'í. Biography of Ronald McNair · Graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina from North Carolina A&T (1971) · Named a Presidential Scholar (1967-1971), a Ford ... 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 ... 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, a mission specialist with NASA, died with seven other astronauts in the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in January 1986, ... This animated video features Carl McNair telling the story of his brother Ronald, an African American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars.