Ellison Onizuka
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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.
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The STS-51L Crew
Gravesite of Onizuka
Downtown Los Angeles as seen from the corner of Ellison S. Onizuka St., San Pedro St. and 2nd St. in Little Tokyo
Weller Court shopping plaza (left) and Onizuka St., with Los Angeles City Hall in the background
Ellison Onizuka and Challenger Crewmates memorial lantern in Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Palm Beach County, FloridaAwards 4
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About this person
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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