Remembering Ronald McNair A Life Dedicated to Science and Education

1992. A South Carolina native, Ronald McNair graduated from Carver High School in Lake City and was a magna cum laude graduate of North Carolina A&T State. Dr. Ronald E. McNair was the second African American to fly in space. Two years later he was selected to serve as mission specialist aboard the ill-fated U.S. ... Dr. Ronald E. McNair is known for being the second African-American person to reach space, and one of seven crew members killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle ... Ronald McNair succeeded despite poverty, racism, and an education system designed to keep Black people down. He became an accidental ... An accomplished physicist and astronaut, McNair logged 191 total hours in space with his first mission, and the crew achieved many firsts. Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts killed 25 years ago on Jan. 28, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. As his brother recalls, ... Many says McNair is an inspiration, including Miss North Carolina A&T, who wanted to be an astronaut since she was a kid. Ronald McNair was a U.S. scientist and astronaut. He was killed in the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. Early Life Ronald Erwin McNair was born on ... 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 ... The article discusses Astronaut Dr. Ronald McNair's visit to Greensboro and the day-long honor for the first astronaut selected from a historically black ...