Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Onizuka
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Astronaut
StatsborgerUSA
NationalitetAmerikaner
Født24. juni 1946
Keopu Hawaii
Død28. januar 1986
Cape Canaveral, Florida
GravstedArlington National Cemetery, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Andet arbejde
Ingeniør
Uddannelses-
sted
University of Colorado
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
Konawaena High School
RangOberstløjtnant
UdvælgelseNASA Årgang 1978
Mission(er)STS-51-CSTS-51-L
Missionsemblemer51-c-patch.jpg STS-51-L.svg

Ellison Onizuka (24. juni 194628. januar 1986) var en amerikansk / japansk astronaut, der døde i ulykken med rumfærgen Challenger.

Se også

Challenger-ulykken

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A drawing of NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger. Image provided by Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. See [1], specifically EG-0076-04.eps.
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STS-51-L INSIGNIA
  • Members of the STS-51L crew designed this patch which will represent their participation on NASA's late January 1986 mission aboard the space shuttle Challenger, depicted launching from Florida and soaring into space to carry out a variety of goals. Among the prescribed duties of the five astronauts and two payload specialists will be observation and photography of Halley's Comet, backdropped against the United States flag in the insignia. Surnames of the crew members encircle the scene, with the payload specialists being recognized below. Surname of the first teacher in space, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, is followed by a symbolic apple. Gregory Jarvis, representing Hughes, is the industrial payload specialist for the flight. NASA's crew members are astronauts Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, commander; Michael J. Smith, pilot; and Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka and Judith A. Resnik - all mission specialists.
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The crew insignia for STS Flight 51-C includes the names of its five crewmembers. The STS 51-C mission marked the third trip of the Space Shuttle Discovery into space. It was the first Space Shuttle mission totally dedicated to the Department of Defense. The U. S. Air Force Inertial Upper Stage Booster Rocket was successfully deployed. Due to the nature of the mission, few additional details of the flight were made available. Landing was made at the Kennedy Space Center, FL on January 27 at 4:23 PM EST. Mission duration was three days, one hour and 33 minutes.
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Ellison Shoji Onizuka