Ronald McNair
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, but a librarian threatened to call the police if he didn’t leave. McNair was black. Years later, McNair was selected to become only the second African American to travel […]
Everyone who is old enough remembers where they were when the space shuttle challenger exploded just 73 seconds after blast off 30 years ago today. Ronald E. Mcnair, the second African American to reach outer space was one of the 7 astronauts who died in the disaster. He was survived by his wife Cheryl […]
Ronald McNair was a black astronaut and NASA mission specialist who was part of the space shuttle Challenger crew in 1986. McNair was a highly trained doctor of physics who received his Ph.D from MIT. After receiving a number of fellowships, McNair dedicated his studies to CO2 lasers and even the study of science within […]
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