Carolina Snaps
Ronald McNair
Season 2 Episode 7 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Ronald McNair
South Carolina native Ronald McNair was the second African-American to go into space, and was part of the STS-51L crew that died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off on January 28, 1986.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Carolina Snaps
Ronald McNair
Season 2 Episode 7 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
South Carolina native Ronald McNair was the second African-American to go into space, and was part of the STS-51L crew that died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off on January 28, 1986.
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Born in Lake City, South Carolin Ronald McNair graduated in 1971 from North Carolina A&T with a b He continued his studies at the of Technology, graduating with a After school, McNair became an a In 1984, McNair served as a miss on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
McNair operated Challenger's rob McCandless conduct his historic This role on the 1984 mission ma to go into space.
McNair was killed in the tragic in January of 1986 during flight STS-51L.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.