Friday 21 February 2014

Ronald E. McNair: Physicist and Astronaut



George Takei just shared this wonderful video on Facebook. It tells a story told by Ronald E. McNair's brother about an incident that happened in their childhood. Ronald E, McNair later became a physicist and astronaut. He was selected for the astronaut program in 1978 and later flew on the Challenger mission STS-41-B in February 1984. He was later selected for the ill-fated Challenger mission STS-51-L of January 1986 in which all crew died 73 seconds after liftoff.

The video is made by a group called 'Storycorps'.


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