Ronald E. McNair rose from Lake City to become a NASA astronaut, physicist and Challenger crew member. His achievements in ...

This past Thursday, one of the seven names spoken in a U.S. Naval Memorial ceremony was “ Ronald E. McNair.” He was a physicist and a NASA astronaut, one of seven members aboard Challenger’s fatal ...

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is now accepting applications for the 2025 cohort. This process happens only once a year. Applications will be due February 10. The purpose ...

The Miami University McNair Graduate Assistantship Program is intended to attract McNair Scholars and McNair Alums from any undergraduate institution to Miami's graduate programs, with the goal to ...

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the Jan. 25, 2011, edition of The State and was the final in a three-day series on the Challenger disaster. The boy walked to the counter of the Lake ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) honored the legacy of alumnus and researcher Dr. Ronald E McNair with their 37th Commemorative Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 28 ...

LAKE CITY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A South Carolina native is being remembered this week as the country reflects on a tragedy that happened 39 years ago. January 28 is the anniversary of the Challenger ...

Ronald Erwin McNair, born on October 21, 1950, in South Carolina, was a trailblazer in science and perseverance. Supported by his family and an encouraging teacher who recognized his scientific ...