Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven.

2018年1月24日 · Ronald McNair was an MIT-trained physicist who specialized in laser research before joining NASA in the late 1970s. In February 1984, he became just the second African …

2025年3月31日 · Ronald McNair (born October 21, 1950, Lake City, South Carolina, U.S.—died January 28, 1986, in flight, off Cape Canaveral, Florida) was an American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger disaster.

2024年3月5日 · Chosen as a member of NASA's Astronaut Group 8 in 1978, Ron McNair was one of its first three African-American astronauts. McNair first flew to space as a mission specialist on STS-41B.

Ronald McNair was nationally recognized for his work in laser physics and was one of the thirty-five applicants selected by NASA from a pool of ten thousand. In 1984, McNair became the second African-American to make a flight into space. He was a mission specialist on the space shuttle Challenger.

2018年1月19日 · 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.

2011年1月28日 · Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts killed 25 years ago on Jan. 28, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. As his brother recalls, McNair's life was all about exploring boundaries —...

PERSONAL DATA: Born October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina. Died January 28, 1986. He is survived by his wife Cheryl, and two children. He was a 5th degree black belt Karate instructor and a performing jazz saxophonist. He also enjoyed running, boxing, football, playing cards, and cooking.

2020年3月28日 · Ronald McNair would become a NASA astronaut and hero, but not before facism racism as a young boy. Read Mcnair's inspirational life story.

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.