Ronald McNair

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African-American astronaut African-American scientist American astronaut NASA astronaut astronaut human physicist

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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Ronald McNair canonical 20
Ronald E. McNair 7
Ronald E. McNair as one of the first African American astronauts 1

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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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North Carolina A&T State University → hasNotableAlumni → Ronald McNair ⓘ
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