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	The My Hero Project - Ellison S. Onizuka
		Hosted by the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Committee and USC, and sponsored by Honda Motor Company, Inc., the conference is held every year to honor the dreams and contributions of the late Onizuka.
		The Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center is a not-for-profit educational facility dedicated to reaching out to children and adults to further their understanding of science and space.
		Ellison S. Onizuka has a legacy that continues to live on after the Challenger disaster.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=EllisonOnizuka (1031 words)

	Onizuka Air Force Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Onizuka Air Force Station is a United States Air Force installation in Sunnyvale, California at the intersection of Highway 101 and California State Route 237.
		Onizuka AFS is operated by the 21st Space Operations Squadron, a geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 50th Space Wing.
		Ellison Onizuka, one of the astronauts who, in January 28, 1986, died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Onizuka_Air_Force_Station (324 words)

	Aerospace Engineering Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A color guard from CU-Boulder's Onizuka Squadron of the Arnold Air Society raises the flag in front of Regent Hall every January 28 to honor the memory of Ellison Onizuka and the six others killed when the space shuttle Challenger exploded January 28, 1986.
		Onizuka was chosen for the astronaut program in 1978 and made his first space shuttle flight aboard Discovery in 1985.
		Ellison Onizuka Squadron of the Arnold Air Society, a professional service organization within the Air Force ROTC program at CU, held a sunrise ceremony in front of Regent Hall.The cadets then continued to the Challenger Memorial outside Fiske Planetarium where they re-dedicated the memorial as they do each year on the anniversary of the explosion.
	www.colorado.edu /engineering/CUE96/Onizuka.html (338 words)

	Onizuka’s brother accepts news of shutdown - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Yesterday, Onizuka's younger brother Claude was resigned to the news that the Base Realignment and Closure Commission agreed with the Pentagon that the Onizuka station should be closed.
		Ellison Onizuka grew up in Keopu, Kona, and was among the seven crew members who died in the midair explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986.
		Claude Onizuka said naming the base after Ellison Onizuka was appropriate because it was used for tracking shuttle flights.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Aug/27/ln/FP508270336.html (315 words)

	HoaHana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ellison Onizuka graduated from Konawaena High School on the Island of Hawaii in 1964.
		Ellison was selected as an astronaut candidate in January 1978 and flew his first mission from Kennedy Space Center on January 25, 1985.
		The Onizuka Science Day is sponsored as a tribute to the lasting legacy of Ellison Onizuka in the areas of science and space exploration.
	www.hei.com /hoahana/2004.Q1/06ahoahana.html (291 words)

	Ellison S. Onizuka
		Ellison received both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado.
		Onizuka and his wife, Lorna Leike Onizuka, have two children, Janelle and Darien.
		Ellison S. Onizuka made the ultimate sacrifice and lost is life in service to the nation and the space program on January 28, 1986 at 39 years of age.
	www.amfcse.org /honor/onizuka.htm (167 words)

	Alien Disclosure From An Astronaut
		Ellison "loved" those chocolate-peanut butter brownies that she baked for him when he was at KSC on training assignments.
		Onizuka said he was aware of that case.
		Ellison said he had a surprising experience along with other USAF aerospace flight engineers and pilots while on military training duty at McClellan AFB, about eight or nine years prior to his astronaut training.
	www.rense.com /general53/alain.htm (1121 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Ellison Onizuka
		American astronaut Ellison Onizuka became the first Japanese-American in space when he flew on the space shuttle Discovery in 1985.
		He and six other crew members were killed on the shuttle Challenger when it exploded shortly after lift-off on January 28, 1986.
		Onizuka, Ellison S. Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461521662/Ellison_Onizuka.html (51 words)

	Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One of the crew, Ellison S. Onizuka, had become the first Japanese American astronaut the year before when he flew on a secret mission aboard the shuttle Discovery.
		Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946-January 28, 1986) was born and raised on Kona, Hawaii.
		Onizuka later attended the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and in 1978, was selected by NASA for the astronaut program.
	www.defenselink.mil /specials/asianpacific2002/apa-usaf01.html (124 words)

	Altitude Record Dedicated to Triangle Brother
		The plaque was presented to the Onizuka family and the Hawaiian community.
		Onizuka, Hawaii's first astronaut, was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident in January 1986.
		Brother Onizuka was awarded the Triangle Citation in 1987 and was one of the first Brothers selected to the Triangle Wall of Fame in 1995.
	www.triangle.org /docs/onizuka.htm (744 words)

	AsianWeek.com: National News: Remembering Ellison Onizuka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian Pacific American man in space, was — like Kalpana Chawla — a mission specialist.
		Born in Hawai‘i in 1946, Onizuka entered the Air Force in 1970, after spending four years at the University of Colorado.
		Onizuka made APA history on Jan. 24, 1985 when he launched on STS 51-C, the first Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission.
	www.asianweek.com /2003_02_07/news_onizuka.html (190 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
		Hawaii's first astronaut, Kona-born Ellison S. Onizuka, was doing just that 16 years ago, when he and six fellow crew members perished during the tragic 10th launching of the Challenger space shuttle.
		Particularly poignant is a University of Hawaii medallion that Onizuka carried with him on the ill-fated 1986 mission.
		This excerpt from the commencement address Onizuka gave to Konawaena High School seniors in 1980 always inspires her to go the extra mile: "Your vision is not limited to what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
	starbulletin.com /2002/04/28/travel/story1.html (959 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Local News
		Onizuka’s former Scouting adviser, Norman Sakata, said he still works to perpetuate the legacy of the outstanding member of his Explorer post.
		Onizuka, who was born 54 years ago, was an explorer - a voyager, as Hawaiians put it - who saw the expansion of knowledge as his life’s work.
		Onizuka will be honored in Honolulu’s Aloha Festivals parade Sept. 14 along with navigator Nainoa Thompson.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2001/Jan/28/128localnews16.html (440 words)

	Sea and Sky's Challenger Memorial: Ellison S. Onizuka
		Ellison S. Onizuka, was the last of the three mission specialists.
		Onizuka served on active duty with the Air Force until January 1978 when he was selected as a NASA astronaut.
		When Onizuka was selected for the astronaut corps he entered into a one-year training program and then became eligible for assignment as a mission specialist on future Space Shuttle flights.
	www.seasky.org /spacexp/sky5a04.html (322 words)

	AsianWeek.com
		Onizuka was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1978, and after completing his year-long training, he worked on orbiter and software testing and launch support crews at the Kennedy Space Center.
		In January 1985, Onizuka moved to the forefront of America’s space program, flying as a mission specialist on STS 51-C, the first space shuttle mission, logging a total of 74 hours in space.
		The Onizuka name lives on at the Onizuka Air Force Station in Sunnyvale, Calif.; the Onizuka Center for International Astronomy at the Mauna Kea Observatory; and the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center at Kona International Airport in Hawai‘i.
	news.asianweek.com /news/view_article.html?article_id=1913909337b2c8eac368127111f72393 (1378 words)

	CBSNews.com
		Onizuka, 39, was a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force.
		An astronaut since 1978, Onizuka was a crew member on a secret Defense Department shuttle flight a year ago.
		Onizuka and his wife, Lorna, had two children: Janelle and Darien.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/space/challenger/right_five.html (80 words)

	StarBulletin.com \| News \| /2006/01/26/
		That's especially true here on the Big Island, home to the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center at the Kona airport, where for visiting children Onizuka is not the victim of an accident, but a Hawaii native who succeeded in life and made success possible for others.
		Ellison Onizuka's daughter Darien, 30, will attend a Remembrance Day on Saturday at a memorial grove of oak trees on the grounds of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, her mother, Lorna, said.
		Onizuka said she tells her girls, "Yes, you will have some memories you prefer not to think about, but (the anniversary on) the 28th will be like the 27th and the 29th.
	starbulletin.com /2006/01/26/news/story02.html (1252 words)

	Ellison Onizuka
		Ellison Onizuka was an American astronaut who was born on June 24, 1946, in Hawaii.
		Onizuka became the first Asian-American in space aboard Mission 51-C in 1985.
		Onizuka was killed in the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/people/astronauts/onizuka.html (118 words)

	NASA - NASA to Help Celebrate Onizuka Legacy in Hawaii
		The Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day is an exciting event that helps us carry on his legacy.
		Onizuka Science Day was initiated in 2001 as an annual tribute to the legacy of Hawaii astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
		Onizuka Science Day is a collaborative effort between the Onizuka Memorial Committee, American Savings Bank, the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and the NASA Hawaii Space Grant Consortium.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/ames/news/releases/2005/05_02AR.html (542 words)

	Ellison Onizuka -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Born of Japanese descent in Kealakekua, Hawaii, Onizuka studied aerospace engineering and became a United States Air Force test pilot in the mid-1970s.
		For seven years Ralph Ellison poured both his firsthand awareness of the plight of African Americans and his belief in the United States as a land of possibility into the novel that became ‘Invisible Man'.
		The success of the novel, which relates the story of a nameless young fl man who ultimately determines to forge his own identity rather than accept the ones assigned to him, brought attention to the many other notable...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9312813 (669 words)

	Astronaut Bio: Ellison Onizuka 01/2007
		EXPERIENCE: Onizuka entered on active duty with the United States Air Force in January 1970 after receiving his commission at the University of Colorado through the 4-year ROTC program as a distinguished military graduate.
		During the mission Onizuka was responsible for the primary payload activities, which included the deployment of a modified Inertial Upper Stage (IUS).
		Colonel Onizuka was a mission specialist on STS 51-L which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 11:38:00 EST on January 28, 1986.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/onizuka.html (611 words)

	UH Hilo sponsors Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day: 5th-12th graders inspired to explore space... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Classrooms at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo were filled with students younger than usual today as the campus hosted over 300 5th through 12th graders with an Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day of interactive workshops and exhibits.
		The event was named in honor of Big Islander Colonel Ellison Onizuka, one of seven astronauts who died 15 years ago in the January 28, 1986 space shuttle disaster.
		The day was a collaborative effort of UH Hilo, the Department of Education, the Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center, the Hawai`i Space Grant College, the Ellison Onizuka Space Center, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to reach out to the Big Island's youth and inspire a love of space and science.
	www.hawaii.edu /cgi-bin/uhnews-arc?20010127153111 (419 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Ellison Onizuka, Make Your Life Count ~ June 24 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A man who believed in his dreams and reached the stars, Ellison S. Onizuka (1946-1986) was born on this day in Kealakekua, Kona and was Hawaii's first astronaut and the nation's first Asian American in space.
		Called "El" by his family and friends, Onizuka was the grandson of farmers and first son of grocers.
		An eagle scout and idealist, he was chosen from over 8,000 candidates and successfully completed the 1985 Discovery mission before he and six others lost their life in the tragic 1986 Challenger explosion.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /062403.htm (229 words)

	Vacation In Hawaii's Big Island - Visit Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center in Hawaii's Big Island
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	hawaiis-big-island.traveling-made-simple.com /astronaut_ellison_s_onizuka_space_center_hawaiis_big_island.html (448 words)

	UH Hilo to Honor Astronaut Ellison Onizuka with Second Annual Science Day Event
		The event, sponsored by UH Hilo, American Savings and the Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center, is free and open to the public.
		Onizuka, who dreamed of becoming an astronaut while growing up in the coffee fields of Kona, was a frequent visitor to the classroom, where he would urge students to take an interest in the study of science.
		Registration forms for the Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day are available through the principals' offices at public and private schools throughout the island.
	www.uhm.hawaii.edu /cgi-bin/uhnews?20020106193209 (301 words)

	Onizuka: Kona's Son
		This new musical, Onizuka: Kona's Son, carries you through the wonderful life of Ellison Shoji Onizuka, a country boy from Kona, Hawaii, who rose beyond all expectations to become one of the 35 new American Astronauts for the Space Shuttle Program.
		Onizuka: Kona's Son played at the Tracy Roberts Theatre in Studio City, California, for three performances from October 30 - November 1, 1998.
		El Onizuka was one of the seven astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Challenger for its last mission on January 28, 1986.
	members.aol.com /khoashi/onizuka/konas_son.htm (221 words)

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