Ronald McNair

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Ronald McNair was an American physicist and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-41-B and was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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instanceOf African-American astronaut
African-American scientist
American astronaut
NASA astronaut
astronaut
human
physicist
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in Physics
PhD in Physics
awardReceived Congressional Space Medal of Honor
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Space Flight Medal
burialPlace Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Lake City, South Carolina, United States
causeOfDeath Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1950-10-21
dateOfDeath 1986-01-28
doctoralAdvisor Michael Feld
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
North Carolina A&T State University
employer NASA
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
familyName McNair
fieldOfWork laser physics
physics
givenName Ronald
honorificEponym McNair crater on the Moon
Ronald E. McNair Life History Center in Lake City, South Carolina
Ronald E. McNair Middle School (various locations)
Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program
memberOf NASA Astronaut Corps
mission STS-41B
surface form: STS-41-B

STS-51L
surface form: STS-51-L
notableEvent first flight STS-41-B launched 1984-02-03
notableWork research in laser physics
numberOfChildren 2
occupation astronaut
physicist
participantIn Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
placeOfBirth Lake City, South Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida, United States
religion Baptist
selectedAsAstronaut 1978
sexOrGender male
spaceAgency NASA
spaceShuttleFlown Space Shuttle Challenger
spaceTimeDuration 191 hours 29 minutes
spouse Cheryl Moore McNair

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STS-51L crewMember Ronald McNair
STS-51L missionSpecialist Ronald McNair
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McNair crater on the Moon eponym Ronald McNair
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McNair crater on the Moon honors Ronald McNair
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McNair crater on the Moon relatedTo Ronald McNair
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Cheryl Moore McNair spouseOf Ronald McNair
Cheryl Moore McNair relative Ronald McNair
McNair hasNotableBearer Ronald McNair
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Lake City, South Carolina, United States birthplaceOf Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program namedAfter Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program namedForPersonRole Ronald McNair
this entity surface form: physicist Ronald E. McNair
Ronald E. McNair Middle School (various locations) namedAfter Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Middle School (various locations) hasNamesake Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Middle School (various locations) namedFor Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Middle School (various locations) inspiredBy Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Life History Center in Lake City, South Carolina namedAfter Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Life History Center in Lake City, South Carolina dedicatedTo Ronald McNair
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Ronald E. McNair Life History Center in Lake City, South Carolina honors Ronald McNair
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this entity surface form: Ronald E. McNair as one of the first African American astronauts
STS-51-L missionSpecialist Ronald McNair
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