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Ronald McNair Space Shuttle Mission Specialist Mission(s): STS-41B STS-51L   Date signed: Unknown Comment: McNair was the first to use the shuttle's robotic arm to position a spacewalker in the payload bay. He was tragically killed when Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into flight in Jan. 1986. back to Autographs © 1999-2010 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com