Honoring the Memory of Ronald McNair, a Visionary in Space

Ronald McNair was an American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster. McNair received a bachelor's degree in ... October, 1950: Astronaut Ronald McNair was Born in Lake City ... Official NASA portrait of Ronald E. McNair, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Ronald ... Chosen as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in 1978, Ron McNair was one of its first three African-American astronauts. Astronaut Ronald McNair, who died 25 years ago today in the space shuttle Challenger explosion, was a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical ... In addition to his numerous academic honors, Dr. McNair was an accomplished saxophone player and was a fifth degree black belt in karate. At MIT, Dr. McNair ... Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) ... Ronald Erwin McNair was a physicist and one of the first African American astronauts to go into space. He was ... Dr. Ronald E. McNair was a NASA mission specialist who perished in the 1986 Challenger disaster. Dr. McNair held a Ph.D. awarded from MIT in ... Ronald McNair, an American physicist and NASA astronaut who broke barriers both on Earth and in the vast expanse of space. 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 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 ...