Honoring the Memory of Ronald McNair, a Hero in Astronomy

Nine-year-old Ronald McNair was obsessed with space. So much so that one day, without his parents knowledge, he walked about a mile to his local ... In collaboration with our community, as. Ronald McNair could read and write before entering school and was considered a mechanical genius, which earned him the nickname of "Gizmo." The impetus for his ... After obtaining his PhD, Ronald McNair worked as a physicist at the Optical Physics Department at Hugh Research Laboratory in California. In January 1978, NASA ... Ronald McNair was an American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster. McNair received a bachelor's degree in ... Public honors · McNair Elementary School in Compton, California · Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, California · Ronald McNair Elementary ... Ronald McNair/Challenger Astronaut (Junior World Biographies) [Shaw, Dena] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ronald McNair/Challenger ... Ronald Erwin McNair was born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina to Carl and Pearl McNair. In 1971, he received a B.S. in physics and graduated magna ... Ronald McNair was an American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. He was a crewmember on STS-51L. In 2063, the assignment patch for this mission was ... Ron McNair. Ron McNair was born on 21 October 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina, USA. He was married to Cheryl Moore. He died on 28 January 1986 in over ...