Ronald McNair
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Ronald McNair | |
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Astronaut | |
Statsborger | USA |
Nationalitet | Amerikaner |
Født | 21. oktober 1950 Lake City, South Carolina |
Død | 28. januar 1986 (35 år) Cape Canaveral, Florida |
Gravsted | Arlington National Cemetery |
Andet arbejde | Fysiker |
Uddannelses- sted | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Udvælgelse | NASA Årgang 1978 |
Mission(er) | STS-41-B • STS-51-L |
Missionsemblemer |
Ronald Ervin McNair (21. oktober 1950 – 28. januar 1986) var en amerikansk astronaut, der døde i ulykken med rumfærgen Challenger.
Trivia
- Den franske synthesizer-guru Jean Michel Jarre dedikerede sit nummer Last Rendez-Vous til McNair, idet det var planen at McNair skulle spille saxofondelen ved Jarres koncert i Houston i 1986.
Se også
Eksterne henvisninger
- Biografi Ronald McNair NASA (engelsk)
- Biografi Ronald McNair Arkiveret 11. december 2007 hos Wayback Machine Challenger Center for Space Science Education (engelsk)
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STS-51-L INSIGNIA
- Members of the STS-51L crew designed this patch which will represent their participation on NASA's late January 1986 mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger, depicted launching from Florida and soaring into space to carry out a variety of goals. Among the prescribed duties of the five astronauts and two payload specialists will be observation and photography of Halley's Comet, backdropped against the United States flag in the insignia. Surnames of the crew members encircle the scene, with the payload specialists being recognized below. Surname of the first teacher in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, is followed by a symbolic apple. Gregory Jarvis, representing Hughes, is the industrial payload specialist for the flight. NASA's crew members are astronauts Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, commander; Michael J. Smith, pilot; and Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka and Judith A. Resnik - all mission specialists.
A drawing of NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger. Image provided by Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. See [1], specifically EG-0076-04.eps.