Astronaut Biography: Ronald McNair (original) (raw)

Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Bachelor of science in physics from North Carolina A&T State University, 1971;Ph.D. in physics atMIT, 1976; recipient of three honorary doctorates; hobbies: Playing saxophon, running, boxing, football, cooking, carate, playing cards; he died in the Challenger disaster (STS-51L) on 28.01.1986.