GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) honored the legacy of alumnus and researcher Dr. Ronald E McNair with their 37th Commemorative Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, Jan. 28 ...

Students at the Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy in East Palo Alto will be returning to a newly renovated campus after Thanksgiving break. The reopening marks the completion of the  second Ravenswood ...

LAKE CITY, S.C. (WCIV) — Today's Black History Month fact is about Ronald McNair. A native of Lake City, South Carolina, McNair was an American physicist and astronaut who was killed in the Challenger ...

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the Jan. 25, 2011, edition of The State and was the final in a three-day series on the Challenger disaster. The boy walked to the counter of the Lake ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger tragically exploded as it took flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. Among the courageous astronauts aboard was Mission Specialist Ronald ...

WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will travel to his home state of South Carolina Monday, March 21, to participate in the dedication of the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Life History Center in ...

LAKE CITY - Standing a few hundred feet from the memorial to the fallen Challenger astronaut, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told hundreds Monday that he owes his career of his fellow South ...

LAKE CITY, S.C. (WMBF) - A late Pee Dee astronaut’s legacy is living on nearly 40 years after his death, inspiring new generations. “Extraordinary” and “Hometown hero” are a few words to describe Lake ...

Most people will never forget where they were when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986. Today marks the 39th anniversary of that tragic event, which took ...

For seven years, Ronald McNair, now 63, worked two different jobs — one on weekdays, the other on weekends — and squeezed in time to study for online classes at Keiser University. In early September, ...