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30 Facts About Challenger Astronaut, Ronald McNair

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McNair on board the Challenger, 1984. Berkeley

2. Numerous High Schools and even a crater on the moon are named after McNair

McNair Hall, North Carolina AT&T University. Wikimedia Commons

There are far too many things named after Ronald to list, so we’ll mention just a few notable examples. There are many schools named in his honor, buildings at universities including MIT and North Carolina AT&T, and public parks. Lake City has a memorial park and boulevard named after Ronald, and renamed his old high school, Carver, after him. A crater on the moon is simply named McNair, and several planetariums bear his famous name. All are fitting tributes to a true American hero, but there’s one other place named after Ronald that deserves its own section…

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