Ronald McNair

Oficiální znak (patch) mise STS-51-L se jmény sedmičlenné posádky.

Mission Specialist on STS-51-L, a physicist and the second African-American in space.

Born 21 October 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina. He studied physics and earned a PhD in laser physics from MIT in 1976. In 1984 he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-B, becoming the second African-American in space. On Challenger's STS-51-L he flew his second and final mission.

NationalityUSA

Born21 October 1950

Died28 January 1986

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SPACEFLIGHTS

STS-51-L28 January 1986

STS-51-L was the twenty-fifth mission of the Space Shuttle program. On 28 January 1986, 73 seconds after launch, the orbiter Challenger broke apart when a frost-embrittled O-ring in its right solid rocket booster failed — the entire seven-member crew died, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.open article →

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