# 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.

*American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ellison-onizuka

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1946-06-24
- **Died:** 1986-01-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ellison Shoji Onizuka](https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Shoji_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [إليسون اونيزوكا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7)
- [Элісан Анідзука](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Елисън Онизука](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Ellison Shoji Onizuka](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Shoji_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [الیسون انیزوکا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Shoji Onizuka](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Shoji_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [エリソン・オニヅカ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%85%E3%82%AB)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [ელისონ ონიძუკა](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%99%E1%83%90)
- [엘리슨 오니즈카](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%98%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A8_%EC%98%A4%EB%8B%88%EC%A6%88%EC%B9%B4)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Ellison Onizuka](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison_Onizuka)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q349365)

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