Description

Color portrait of Ronald E. McNair taken to announce his selection by NASA as a candidate for mission-specialist astronaut. Original caption: "Ronald E. McNair, one of a group of thirty-five astronaut candidates (Mission Specialist) selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in January 1978. Astronaut candidate McNair, (PhD., Physics), was born on October 21, 1950, in Lake City, South Carolina."

Original credit line: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration