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Ellison Onizuka | |
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.jpg) Onizuka, c. 1980 | |
| Born | Ellison Shoji Onizuka June 24, 1946 Kealakekua, Hawaii Territory, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 1986 (aged 39) North Atlantic Ocean |
| Education | University of Colorado, Boulder (BS, MS) |
| Awards | Congressional Space Medal of Honor |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 3d 1h 33m |
| Selection | NASA Group 8 (1978) |
| Missions | STS-51-C STS-51-L (disaster) |
Mission insignia |   |
Ellison Shoji Onizuka (Japanese: エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次, Hepburn: Onizuka Shōji, June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut, engineer, and U.S. Air Force flight test engineer from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. Onizuka was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese origin to reach space.[1][2]
- ^ Furuyama, Katie (November 30, 2013). "Ellison Onizuka". In Zhao, Xiaojian; Park, Edward J.W. (eds.). Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History. ABC-CLIO. p. 899. ISBN 9781598842401. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ "Challenger astronaut and Hawaii native Ellison S. Onizuka always wanted to go to space". Plain Dealer. January 26, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
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