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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.

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