| LC control no. | n 86141261 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McNair, Ronald E., 1950-1986 |
| Variant(s) | McNair, Ron, -1986 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1950-10-21 |
| Death date | 1986-01-28 |
| Place of birth | Lake City (S.C.) |
| Place of death | John F. Kennedy Space Center Region (Fla.) |
| Affiliation | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center |
| Profession or occupation | Astronauts Physicists |
| Found in | Clendinen, D. A path to the stars, 1986: CIP t.p. (Ron McNair) pub. info. astronaut-physicist; d. 1-28-86) Biography index, Sept. 1984-Aug. 1985 (McNair, Ronald E., scientist and astronaut) Naden, C. Ronald McNair, 1990: CIP t.p.; p. 105 (b. Ronald Erwin McNair, 10-21-50 in Lake City, S.C.) African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (McNair, Ronald Erwin; astronaut, physicist; born 21 October 1950 in Lake City, South Carolina, United States; physics degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (1971); graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1976); became a mission specialist astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (1979); had his first journey into space on STS-11 flight from Kennedy Space Center, and was the first person to play saxophone in space (1984); chosen for historic mission on the Challenger shuttle (1985); MIT rededicated building for its Center for Space Research (1986); died 28 January 1986 in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States) |
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