Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1985 to 1986.
2Flights
3d 1hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Ellison Shoji Onizuka (鬼塚 承次 Onizuka Shōji) was an American astronaut 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. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Kailua-Kona
- Education
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; University of Colorado; Konawaena High School
- Awards
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Eagle Scout; Meritorious Service Medal
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-LJanuary 28, 1986
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-CJanuary 24, 1985 · 19:50 UTC
Born 1946-06-24 · died 1986-01-28, aged 39