What is Ellison Onizuka?
{{Infobox astronaut | name = Ellison Onizuka | image = Ellison Shoji Onizuka (NASA).jpg | caption = Onizuka, {{Circa|1980s}} | type = [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|06|24}} | birth_place = [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]], [[Hawaii]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|01|28|1946|06|24}} | death_place = {{nowrap|[[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]], U.S.}} | occupation = [[Engineer|Research engineer]] | rank = [[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], [[USAF]] | selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1978|1978 NASA Group 8]] | time = 3d 01h 33m | mission = [[STS-51-C]], [[STS-51-L]] | insignia = [[File:51-c-patch.jpg|40px]] [[File:STS-51-L-patch-small.png|40px]] | awards = {{CS Medal of Honor}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Ellison Shoji Onizuka'''|エリソン・ショージ・オニヅカ, 鬼塚 承次|Onizuka Shōji|June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986}} was an [[Americans|American]] [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and [[engineer]]. He flew into space with the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] on [[STS-51-C]] in 1985. He later died in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|disaster]] of [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']]. He was serving as Mission Specialist for ''Challenger''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[STS-51-L]]. He was the first [[Asian American]] and the first person of [[Japanese people|Japanese ancestry]] to reach space. Onizuka was born in [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]], [[Hawaii]]. He got two [[Academic degree|degrees]] at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] and [[Master of Science|M.S.]]) in 1969. He was a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[U.S. Air Force]]. He was awarded the rank of [[colonel]] after his death. He married Lorna Leiko Yoshida in 1969. The couple had two daughters. On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Onizuka and all six