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Onizuka received a Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering in June 1969, and a Master's in that field in December of the same year, from the University of Colorado. He then entered active duty with the United States Air Force, where he served as a flight test engineer and as a test pilot.
He had been selected for the astronaut program in January 1978, and had previously flown on mission STS-51-C on Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985, also serving as a mission specialist. He held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel at the time of his death.
Onizuka Air Force StationOnizuka Air Force Station is a US Air Force installation in Sunnyvale, California. It is a large, blue, windowless, concrete building, known locally as the Blue Cube with an array of parabolic dish antennas used for control of military satellites. Built i in Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale is a city located in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 131,760. Sunnyvale is headquarters to several high-tech companies, Onizuka Center for International Astronomy at the Mauna Kea ObservatoryThe Mauna Kea Observatory is one of the world's premier astronomical research facilities located on Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawai'i, USA. Founded in 1967, the Mauna Kea Observatory is part of the University of Hawai'i System and consists of various and the Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center at Kona International AirportBoeing 717-200 at Kona International Airport for the interisland flight to O‘ahu Kona International Airport is an airport at Kehole on the Island of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i. The airport serves the city of Kailua-Kona and the major resorts of the North Kona and S in Hawaii are named after him.Two astronomicalAstronomy which etymologically means " law of the stars," (from Greek: + nomos) is a science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring outside Earth and its atmosphere. It studies the origins, evolution, physical and chemical propertie features were also named after him: an asteroidAn asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. An asteroid is an example of a minor planet (or planetoid , which are much smaller than planets. The asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc which were no discovered by Edward L. G. BowellEdward L. Bowell (or Ted Bowell is an American astronomer. He is principal investigator of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS). He has discovered a large number of asteroids, both as part of LONEOS and in his own right before LONEOS b on February 8February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 326 days remaining, 327 in leap years. Events 421 Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. 1622 King James I of Englan, 1984, 3355 Onizuka and a 29 km diameter crater on the moon, Onizuka Crater .
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