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Trump Administration Agrees to End Race-Based Criteria for McNair Grant
19 Feb 2026 10:42 GMT
… is named for Ronald E. McNair, an astronaut who died when … ;Inside Higher Ed | NASA
The Education Department plans to … eligibility criteria for the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement award, … advocates for TRIO, discouraged McNair directors from “making any …
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Education Department to nix race-based criteria for McNair program
19 Feb 2026 10:23 GMT
… eligibility criteria for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, ending … racially neutral criteria, including the McNair program.
The Education Department … program is named after Ronald McNair, a Black astronaut and physicist who died …
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McNair Scholars program extends application deadline
14 Feb 2026 04:47 GMT
… Ronald E. McNair, who was one of the seven astronauts on … Congress created the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program in … Department of Education.
WT McNair Scholars Director Dr. Victoria … professionally,” Rivero said. “McNair has given us the …
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A&T remembers alumnus and NASA astronaut Dr. Ronald McNair
06 Feb 2026 03:10 GMT
… to alumnus, physicist, and astronaut Ronald E. McNair, Ph.D., on … prerecorded reflection from McNair’s widow, Cheryl McNair, along with … from university officials, TRiO McNair Scholars, and local leaders. … that the spirit of Ronald E. McNair continues to reach …
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ICONIC SPACE IMAGES: NASA Astronaut Bruce McCandless Performs First Untethered Spacewalk in 1984
18 Jan 2026 06:01 GMT
… Untethered Spacewalk in 1984
Untethered NASA astronaut Photographed from Space Shuttle Challenger … ” Gibson, pilot; and Dr. Ronald E. McNair, Bruce McCandless II, and Robert … L. Stewart, all mission specialists. (NASA …
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40 Years After Challenger, We Remember the Tenacious Ronald McNair
02 Feb 2026 09:36 GMT
… the nonprofit StoryCorps, Dr. Ronald McNair’s older brother said what … younger McNair was among the first Black people selected by NASA … to become an astronaut in 1978, and … informed world.
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40 years after Challenger disaster, SC astronaut continues to inspire students
29 Jan 2026 21:42 GMT
… with her husband, astronaut Ronald McNair, onboard.
“Now what?” Cheryl McNair, now in her … in-flight disaster in NASA’s history, McNair has had to come … country applied after President Ronald Reagan announced NASA’s Teacher in Space …
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Science People Astronaut Had a Close Call Before His Friends Died in the Challenger Explosion. What He Remembers (Exclusive)
28 Jan 2026 23:50 GMT
… received phone calls from NASA astronauts Dick Scobee and … Francis R Scobee and Ronald E McNair. NASA/Space Frontiers… Hart notes that five NASA astronauts aboard the doomed shuttle … sacrifices of the seven astronauts.
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SC Senate adopts resolution recognizing Oct. 21 as Ronald McNair Day in South Carolina
29 Jan 2026 19:42 GMT
… recognizing Oct. 21, 2026 as Ronald McNair Day in South Carolina. A … City, SC, Dr. McNair was one of seven astronauts who perished aboard … 1984.
In 1978, NASA selected Dr. McNair as an astronaut candidate and in …
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Former SC Astronaut Ronald McNair honored at Challenger Center
29 Jan 2026 19:18 GMT
… Lake City, South Carolina native Astronaut Ronald McNair.
Holding a doctorate in physics … from MIT, McNair was only the second African American astronaut to go … learn more about McNair and the other Challenger astronauts at the Challenger …