The Courageous Journey of Ronald McNair From Physics to the Stars

In 1978, McNair was selected from a pool of 10,000 applicants to join the NASA astronaut program and made his first trip to space as a mission ... Public honors · McNair Elementary School in Compton, California · Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, California · Ronald McNair Elementary ... Among the courageous astronauts aboard was Mission Specialist Ronald Erwin McNair from Lake City, South Carolina. On this anniversary, McNair's ... One of those who died was Dr. Ronald McNair of Lake City. It would have been Dr. McNair's second trip into space. Thursday night people gathered ... 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 ... Ronald Erwin McNair was America's second black astronaut and one of seven crew members killed in the space shuttle Challenger explosion January 28, 1986. The below park and museum honor the life and many accomplishments of Dr. McNair, who was 35 when he died. AM PreK/Head Start and AM PreK Special Education programs are canceled. PM PreK/Head Start and PM PreK Special Education programs will begin at ... Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986) was born and raised in Lake City, South Carolina. He came from a low-income family but was determined to excel ... 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 ...