Ellison Onizuka

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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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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 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Air Force
ethnicGroup Japanese American
familyName Onizuka
fieldOfWork aerospace engineering
spaceflight
genreOfOccupation space exploration
givenName Ellison
hasMemorial Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center
Onizuka Air Force Station
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
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-L
occupation aerospace engineer
astronaut
test engineer
partOf crew of Space Shuttle Challenger
placeOfBirth Kealakekua, Hawaii, United States
placeOfDeath Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States
positionHeld mission specialist
religion Buddhism
residence Houston, Texas, United States
sexOrGender male
spaceMission STS-51-C
STS-51-L


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