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.

Aliases (1)

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	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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
STS-51L → Space Shuttle Challenger disaster →	crewMember
Congressional Space Medal of Honor →	awardedTo
Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial →	commemorates
STS-51L →	crewFatality
Ellison Onizuka ("Onizuka") →	familyName
STS-51L →	missionSpecialist