Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. One of the crew members called South Carolina home.

Forty years later, Cheryl McNair remembers the shock of watching the Challenger space shuttle fall to pieces with her husband, astronaut Ronald McNair, onboard. “Now what?” Cheryl McNair, now in her ...

Dr. Ronald McNair, born in Lake City and the second African American man in space, was honored with the title of "Palmetto ...

LUMBERTON — As this week marked the 40th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, one local man recalls a connection to astronaut Ronald McNair, who was killed in the tragedy.

A native of Lake City, South Carolina, Dr. McNair was one of seven astronauts who perished aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986.

Forty years after the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated shortly after liftoff, the disaster remains one of the most consequential tragedies in U.S. spaceflight history.

In remembrance of the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, West Kentucky Community and Technical ...

State Superintendent Ellen Weaver honored him on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Challenger Center in Columbia. You can learn more about McNair and the other Challenger astronauts at the Challenger ...

The seven crew members of the Challenger mission were explorers united in their pursuit of dreams and education, and are remembered for their legacy of pushing science forward.

A Pee Dee community came together to remember a renowned astronaut and physicist who lost his life 40 years ago.

A local author held a special book signing on Wednesday. Rita Lorainne Hubbard wrote “It’s Possible, The Story of Ronald McNair”. Ronald McNair grew up poor in rural South Carolina. He went on to ...

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Mission STS-51-L), when the shuttle's seven astronauts were killed by an explosion.