Full Name
Ronald Erwin McNair
Date of Birth
October 21, 1950
Place of Birth
Lake City, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death
January 28, 1986 (cause of death: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster)
Place of Death
Over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida, United States
Education
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, (BS in Physics)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), (PhD in Physics)
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Known Affiliates Names
- Guion Bluford (fellow astronaut),
- Charles Bolden (fellow astronaut)