Name: Onizuka, Ellison Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-51C January 24, 1985 - Discovery January 27, 1985 - Discovery
2. STS-51L (Died) January 28, 1986 - Challenger January 28, 1986 - Challenger

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-10
(Cancelled)
Planned military space shuttle mission
Cancelled due to payload delays
STS-41E
(Cancelled)
Planned military space shuttle mission
Cancelled due to failure of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS)
1. STS-51C Classified military mission 1
2. STS-51L Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 2 (TDRS-B) deployment shuttle mission
Planned shuttle mission to deploy and retrieve Spartan-203/Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable to study Halley's Comet - Crew and vehicle were lost 73 seconds after launch.

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Updated - March 24, 2005