Carl McNair, the brother of Ronald McNair, the second Black astronaut to space travel ... In 1983, astronaut Guion Bluford Jr. became the first Black person to travel to space.

Selected in 1978, NASA astronauts Ronald McNair, left, Guion “Guy” Bluford and Frederick Gregory post for a photo. NASA Jemison was the first Black American woman to reach space.

At Ronald E. Mcnair Elementary, 31% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, ... Bluford Elementary. 1901 Tuscaloosa Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 (7 miles) ...

The McNair program—named for Ronald McNair, a Black physicist who died aboard the Challenger space shuttle—offers around $60 million in grants to universities, which use the funds to help ...

At age nine, Ronald McNair was kicked out of the library for being Black. Today, that same edifice has been named in his honor. Throughout his lifetime, McNair was met with the ugliness of racism ...

South Carolina native Ronald McNair was the second African-American to go into space, and was part of the STS-51L crew that died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off ...

An empty plot of land at Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy is being transformed into California’s first accredited arboretum on a K-12 campus, a project aimed at addressing East Palo Alto’s low ...

Ronald McNair High School senior Jaedin Wright has a new nickname: Mr. $3 Million. Everybody at the school recognizes Wright as a superstar student. He’s graduating in the top 10 in his class ...

Guion "Guy" Bluford is a former NASA astronaut who was the first African-American to fly into space. He flew four shuttle missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

This afternoon, Brevard Public Schools officials told us they aren’t currently considering any school closures. But that didn’t stop a group of concerned parents, students, and community ...

The RIT Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program serves a diverse group of talented RIT second- and third-year students who are interested in pursuing post-baccalaureate education. The ...

How much do you know about the Black history of space exploration? It was something never taught in schools growing up, and I still didn’t know much about it now.