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Eyes on the Stars

The Rauch Brothers · USA · Documentary / Drama / Animation · 3 min · 1.6M views

Directed by Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch · 2013

Animated StoryCorps memories of astronaut Ronald E. McNair, who grew up with big dreams in segregated Lake City, South Carolina, before reaching space.

A moving, true story of a Black kid who dreamed of the stars and got there.

On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.  On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space. But

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