Space shuttle Challenger exploded 39 years ago today. One astronaut was from South Carolina
Today marks 39th anniversary of Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, which took lives of seven crew members, including Ronald ...
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The Astronomical Grit Of Ronald McNair
The original Lake City library building, now known as the Ronald E. McNair Life History Center. Image via ArtFields In the summer of 1959 he located the book in the Lake City public library.
‘Hometown hero’: Lake City honors native son, Challenger astronaut Ronald McNair
Nearly 40 years after Ronald McNair and six other crew members lost their lives aboard the space shuttle Challenger, Lake ...
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About Dr. Ronald E. McNair
His first space shuttle mission launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center on February 3, 1984. Dr. Ronald E. McNair was the second African American to fly in space. Two years later he was ...
SC astronaut Dr. Ronald McNair remembered 39 years after Challenger explosion
A South Carolina native is being remembered this week as the country reflects on a tragedy that happened 39 years ago.
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McNair Scholars Program
Initiated by Congress and established by the U.S. Department of Education in 1989, the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Program is one of the federal TRiO programs. It is named in memory of ...