Birth Name:

Ronald Erwin McNair

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Oct 21, 1950

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Lake City, South Carolina, United States

Age:

73

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

27°

Lib

44'

About Ronald McNair

Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) 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. Prior to the Challenger disaster, McNair flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-B aboard Challenger from February 3 to 11, 1984, becoming the second African American in space.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• McNair Foundation to encourage and mentor science, mathematics and technology students

• Spacefacts biography of Ronald McNair

• Ronald E. McNair Post – Baccalaureate Achievement Program

• Official NASA Bio

• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program

• StoryCorps: Astronaut's Brother Recalls A Man Who Dreamed Big

• Ron's Big Mission – A story about an event in Ron's childhood

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Ronald McNair: Sun 27 Libra, Moon 10 Pisces, Mercury 20 Libra, Venus 21 Libra, Mars 18 Sagittarius, Jupiter 27 Aquarius, Saturn 26 Virgo, Uranus 9 Cancer, Neptune 17 Libra, Pluto 19 Leo, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Trine Jupiter, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Mercury Conjunct Neptune, Sun Semi Sextile Saturn, Mercury Sextile Mars, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Conjunct Neptune, Venus Sextile Pluto, Mars Sextile Neptune, Mars Trine Pluto, Jupiter Quincunx Saturn, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Ronald McNair: 1950 births, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, South Carolina, American astronauts, 20th-century American physicists, October 21 births, African-American scientists, MIT Department of Physics alumni, People from Lake City, 1986 deaths, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, African-American Baháís, North Carolina A&T State University alumni, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster victims

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