CANCEL
Missions
Badges
Memorial
This astronaut gave their life in the pursuit of space exploration.
Crossed Kármán Line
This astronaut crossed the Kármán Line (100 km), the internationally accepted boundary of space.
Crewmates
142
Ronald E. McNair
2
MISSIONS
8
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
146
Francis R. Scobee
2
MISSIONS
7
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
154
Judith A. Resnik
2
MISSIONS
6
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
163
Loren J. Shriver
3
MISSIONS
16.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
165
James F. Buchli
4
MISSIONS
20.4
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
166
Gary E. Payton
1
MISSIONS
3.1
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
207
Michael J. Smith
1
MISSIONS
-
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
208
Gregory B. Jarvis
1
MISSIONS
-
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
209
S. Christa McAuliffe
1
MISSIONS
-
DAYS IN SPACE
-
SPACEWALKS
-
DAYS SPACEWALKING
64
Thomas K. Mattingly II
3
MISSIONS
21.2
DAYS IN SPACE
1
SPACEWALKS
<.1
DAYS SPACEWALKING
WIKIPEDIA EXCERPT
Ellison Shoji Onizuka was an American astronaut and engineer 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.