Kaltura Share to Google Classroom 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 on January 28, 1986. Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Subjects: Social StudiesS.C. HistorySouth Carolina - Late 20th & Early 21st CenturiesCold War America Collection: African American HistoryNoted African Americans | African American History CollectionTeacher ResourcesSERIES with Closed CaptioningSpace ExplorationSouth Carolina CountiesFlorence | SC CountiesNoted South CaroliniansScience & Engineering | Noted South Carolinians Series: Carolina Snaps