Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Shoji Onizuka 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 ancestry to reach space.

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1946 — 1986  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Ellison S. Onizuka; Ellison Shoji Onizuka
astronaut, engineer, military officer, Eagle Scout, Meritorious Service Medal, Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA Astronaut Group 8, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, United States, 

Dong Fang Hong 2, NASA Astronaut Group 8, 

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  STS-51-C ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-51-L ⓘ
  twenty-fifth flight of the American Space Shuttle program

United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, NASA Astronaut Group 8, Republic of Haiti, 

1946-06-24T00:00:00Z

1986-01-28T00:00:00Z

1946 — 1986 Ellison Onizuka

1985-01-24T00:00:00Z

1985-01-24T00:00:00Z

1985 STS-51-C

1986-01-28T00:00:00Z

1986-01-28T00:00:00Z

1986 STS-51-L

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STS-51-C crew

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1985	STS-51-C	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1986	STS-51-L	human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		Ellison Shoji Onizuka		Commons
commons	image		Ellisongrave		Commons
commons	image		Ellison Shoji Onizuka		Commons
commons	image		EllisonOnizuka		Commons
commons	image		ANCExplorer Challenger memorial		Commons
commons	image		Astronauts in weightlessness		Commons
commons	image		NASA eighth group Astronaut Group photograph		Commons
commons	image		NASA 25th anniversary celebration at the National Air and Space Museum, October 19, 1983		Commons
commons	image		Ellison Onizuka		Commons
commons	image		STS-51-C crew		Commons