Ellison Onizuka
American - ( NASA)
Lost In Flight
Date of Birth: June 24, 1946
Date of Death: Jan. 28, 1986
Ellison Shoji Onizuka (鬼塚 承次 Onizuka Shōji) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger, on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1985, 1:04 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Government/Top Secret
STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-L
Lockheed Space Operations Company | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 28, 1986, 4:38 p.m.
Status: Failure
Mission: Human Exploration
The tenth mission for Challenger, STS-51-L was scheduled to deploy the second in a series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites, carry out the first flight of the Shuttle-Pointed Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN-203) / Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable in order to observe Halley's Comet, and carry out several lessons from space as part of the Teacher in Space Project and Shuttle Student Involvement Program (SSIP).
Low Earth Orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Long March 4
Haiyang 2C
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaHaiyang (Chinese: "Ocean"), abbreviated HY, is a marine remote sensing satellite series planned by China.
Long March 11
Gaofen-03-1
Mobile launch platform - Sea LaunchGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
Kuaizhou
Jilin-1-02C
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaJilin-1 is a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellites.
Astra Rocket 3.0
Maiden Flight
Launch Pad B - Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, USAThis is the first orbital attempt of Astra Space small satellite launch vehicle. Rocket carries no payload for this flight.
Long March 4
Gaofen-11-02
Unknown Pad - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
