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Ellison Onizuka Grave

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Ellison Onizuka

Ellison Shoji Onizuka (鬼塚 承次 Onizuka Shōji, June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C, before losing his life to the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, where he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American to reach space.

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