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Ellison Onizuka
Astronaut
1946 – 1986
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Who was Ellison Onizuka?
Ellison Shoji Onizuka was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, 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. He was the first Asian-American to reach space.
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1946
Kealakekua - Spouses
- Lorna Leiko Yoshida
(1969/06/07 - )
- Lorna Leiko Yoshida
- Children
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Ethnicity
- Japanese American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Konawaena High School
( - 1964) - Bachelor of Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Aerospace Engineering
( - 1969/06) - Master of Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Aerospace Engineering
( - 1969/12)
- Konawaena High School
- Died
- Jan 28, 1986
Cape Canaveral - Resting place
- National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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on July 23, 2013
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