Ellison Onizuka

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United States Air Force officer aerospace engineer astronaut human

Ellison Onizuka was an American astronaut and aerospace engineer who became the first Asian American and first person of Japanese ancestry to fly in space.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ellison Onizuka canonical	14
Ellison S. Onizuka	10
Onizuka	1
Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51-L crew member Ellison S. Onizuka	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force officer ⓘ aerospace engineer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Air Force Commendation Medal ⓘ Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ⓘ Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ Defense Superior Service Medal ⓘ
burialPlace	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1946-06-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1986-01-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration United States Air Force ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Japanese Americans ⓘ surface form: Japanese American
familyName	Ellison Onizuka self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Onizuka
fieldOfWork	aerospace engineering ⓘ spaceflight ⓘ
genreOfOccupation	space exploration ⓘ
givenName	Ellison ⓘ
hasMemorial	Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center ⓘ Onizuka Air Force Station ⓘ Johnson Space Center ⓘ surface form: Onizuka Village, Johnson Space Center
honor	Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ
memberOf	NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank	Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
namedAfter	Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Highway ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableAchievement	first Asian American in space ⓘ first person of Japanese ancestry to fly in space ⓘ
notableWork	Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C ⓘ STS-51L ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L
occupation	aerospace engineer ⓘ astronaut ⓘ test engineer ⓘ
partOf	crew of Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii Island ⓘ surface form: Kealakekua, Hawaii, United States
placeOfDeath	Cape Canaveral ⓘ surface form: Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States
positionHeld	mission specialist ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
residence	Houston ⓘ surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spaceMission	STS-51-C ⓘ STS-51-L ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → crewMember → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial → commemorates → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

STS-51L → crewMember → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

STS-51L → missionSpecialist → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

STS-51L → crewFatality → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

Congressional Space Medal of Honor → awardedTo → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

Ellison Onizuka → familyName → Ellison Onizuka self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Onizuka

NASA Astronaut Group 8 → includes → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

OV-099 → notableCrewMember → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery → dedicatedTo → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C → crewMember → Ellison Onizuka ⓘ

subject surface form: STS-51-C