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Ronald E. McNair, a mission specialist with NASA, died with seven other astronauts in the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in January 1986, 73 seconds after lift off from Cape Canaveral, FL.

Born in 1950, McNair grew up in Lake City, SC, during an era of segregation that limited the possibilities of African American children who were not even allowed to check-out books from the publ