Ellison Onizuka
| Ellison S. Onizuka | |
 Ellison S. Onizuka. | |
| NASA-astronaut | |
|---|---|
| Tillstånd | Ej aktiv |
| Född | 24 juni 1946 Kealakekua, Hawaii  |
| Död | 28 januari 1986 (39 år) Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Tid i rymden | 3 dagar, 1 timme, 33 minuter |
| Urvalsgrupp | Astronautgrupp 8 |
| Uppdrag | STS-51-C, STS-51-L |
| Uppdragsemblem |   |
| Utmärkelser |  |
Ellison Shoji Onizuka, född 24 juni 1946 i Kealakekua, Hawaii, död 28 januari 1986, var en amerikansk astronaut uttagen i astronautgrupp 8 den 16 januari 1978.
Eftermäle
Nedslagskratern Onizuka på månen, är uppkallad efter honom.[1]
Asteroiden 3355 Onizuka är uppkallade efter honom.[2]
2004 tilldelades han Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Northrop Grumman:s rymdfarkost Cygnus NG-16 är uppkallad efter honom.
Rymdfärder
Källor
”Biographical Data” (på engelska) (PDF). NASA. januari 2007. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/onizuka_ellison.pdf?emrc=bb2d84. Läst 22 juni 2024.
- ^ ”Onizuka on Moon” (på engelska). International Astronomical Union. 18 oktober 2010. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4468. Läst 29 september 2019.
- ^ ”Minor Planet Center 3355 Onizuka” (på engelska). Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3355. Läst 11 maj 2018.
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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.
STS-51-L INSIGNIA The STS-51-L crewmembers designed this insignia to represent their participation in w:NASA's mission aboard the 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 U.S. flag in the insignia. Surnames of the crewmembers 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.
The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and for other official use as the NASA Administrator may authorize. Public availability has been approved only in the form of illustrations by the various news media. When and if there is any change in this policy, which we
Ellison Shoji Onizuka