Uncovering the Untold Stories of Ronald McNair, a Space Legend

Ronald McNair was an American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster. McNair received a bachelor's degree in ... Ronald McNair was one of thirty-five applicants selected by NASA for the astronaut program in 1978 and became the second African American to fly in space. On ... Ronald Erwin McNair was born in Lake City, South Carolina on October 21, 1950. His father, Carl McNair, was an automobile body repairman. His ... McNair, a physicist, the second African American in space, and a Mission Specialist on the Challenger STS-51L crew. Ronald E. McNair Biography ... Ronald Erwin McNair was born on October 21, 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina. An African-American born into a ... Public honors · McNair Elementary School in Compton, California · Los Robles Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto, California · Ronald McNair Elementary ... 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 ... McNair achieved early success in the segregated public school system as valedictorian of his high school class. After earning a B.S. in physics from North ... Ronald Erwin McNair was born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. McNair was inspired to work hard and persevere in his studies by his family and a ... About Ronald E. McNair ... Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair was born in Lake City, South Carolina, on October 21, 1950. In 1967, he graduated valedictorian from Carver ...