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Mar 5, 2024 · NASA. S84-27211 (8 Feb 1984) — Astronaut Ronald E. McNair, 41-B mission specialist, uses some of his off-duty time, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, to play his saxaphone. On January 16, 1978, NASA announces the first astronaut class in nine years, which included the first African Americans.
Jan 19, 2018 · Ronald E. McNair (Ph.D.) was one of seven astronauts who died when space shuttle Challenger STS-51L exploded 71 seconds after launch in Jan. 1986.
We’re honored to shine a spotlight on one of those individuals, Ronald McNair. McNair, a physicist, the second African American in space, and a Mission Specialist on the Challenger STS-51L crew. McNair was born in 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina. As a young child, his love for science blossomed.
Jan 28, 2021 · Thursday, January 28, 2021. “If anything is worth doing, if anything is worth living, you’ve got to take a chance,” said Charles Bolden, a colonel in the US Marine Corps, when describing his fellow astronaut Ronald E. McNair’s approach to life. McNair earned his PhD in Physics from MIT in 1976, and went on to join the National ...
Dec 27, 2023 · Ronald E. McNair. After being selected in Astronaut Class 8 in 1978, Dr. Ronald E. McNair became NASA’s second Black American to go to space in February 1984 with STS-41B. On January 28, 1986, he was one of seven astronauts who perished on Space Shuttle Challenger.
Ronald McNair, in full Ronald Erwin McNair, (born October 21, 1950, Lake City, South Carolina, U.S.—died January 28, 1986, in flight, off Cape Canaveral, Florida), American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster.
Jan 28, 2021 · Courtesy of MIT | YouTube. “If anything is worth doing, if anything is worth living, you’ve got to take a chance,” said Charles Bolden, a colonel in the US Marine Corps, when describing his fellow astronaut Ronald E. McNair ’s approach to life. Ronald McNair as a PhD student at MIT, 1970s. MIT Black History.
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