Ronald McNair
American astronaut and physicist
Ronald Erwin McNair was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven. Wikipedia
Born: October 21, 1950, Lake City, SC
Died: January 28, 1986 (age 35 years), Cape Canaveral, FL
Space missions: STS-51-L and STS-41-B
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (1971), and Ronald E Mc Nair Middle School (1967)
Children: Joy Cheray McNair and Reginald Ervin McNair
Parents: Pearl McNair and Carl McNair