# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronald-mcnair
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:13:08.528Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ronald-mcnair"
name: "Ronald McNair"
slug: "ronald-mcnair"
description: "Ronald Erwin McNair was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. He died at the age of 35 during the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, in which he was serving as one of three mission specialists in a crew of seven."
tagline: "American physicist, astronaut (1950-1986)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950-10-21"
deathDate: "1986-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump