ASTRONAUT

Ronald McNair

1950 - 1986

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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 black American in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronald McNair is the 171st most popular astronaut (down from 157th in 2019), the 6,064th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,800th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Ronald McNair ranks 171 out of 556. Before him are Vladimir Kovalyonok, Paul J. Weitz, Leonid Kadeniuk, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., and Valentin Lebedev. After him are Anatoly Solovyev, Yi So-yeon, Edward Gibson, Boris Morukov, Valentina Ponomaryova, and Lodewijk van den Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Ronald McNair ranks 309. Before him are Christine Lahti, Jill Stein, Julie Kavner, Frank Silva, Robert Z'Dar, and Francisco Fernández Ochoa. After him are Richard Berry, George Yonashiro, Knut Knudsen, Héctor Baley, Melissa Mathison, and Yumiko Igarashi. Among people deceased in 1986, Ronald McNair ranks 165. Before him are Ludwig Biermann, Gaston Defferre, Jagjivan Ram, Mary Eristavi, Herma Szabo, and Heinz Strehl. After him are Harald Reinl, Murray Hamilton, Francisco Mignone, Jaroslav Burgr, István Pelle, and Floyd Gottfredson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ronald McNair ranks 6,064 out of 20,380. Before him are Tech N9ne (1971), Leo Frank (1884), Larry Carlton (1948), Leo Ryan (1925), Bridget Moynahan (1971), and John Henry Schwarz (1941). After him are Barbara Rush (1927), Wil Wheaton (1972), Michael Dorn (1952), Anthony Zerbe (1936), William Cameron Menzies (1896), and Olene Walker (1930).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Ronald McNair ranks 78. Before him are Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Karen Nyberg (1969), Mike Massimino (1962), Michael Foreman (1957), Paul J. Weitz (1932), and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935). After him are Edward Gibson (1936), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (1943), William H. Dana (1930), Donald Pettit (1955), Theodore Freeman (1930), and Robert L. Behnken (1970).

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