Editing Ellison Onizuka (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:11-11-06-LittleTokyo-StVibiana-LAskyline.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Downtown Los Angeles]] as seen from the corner of Ellison S. Onizuka St., San Pedro St. and 2nd St. in [[Little Tokyo, Los Angeles|Little Tokyo]]]]
[[Onizuka Air Force Station]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Cragg|first=Dan|title=Guide to Military Installations |year=2001|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=978-0-8117-2781-5|page=29}}</ref> (defunct as of 2010) in [[Sunnyvale, California]], and Onizuka Village family housing on Hickam Air Force Base are dedicated to Onizuka.<ref>{{cite web |title= Astronaut Ellison S Onizuka Space Center |year= 2008 |url= http://www.moonchasers.com/onizuka.html  |access-date= August 26, 2010}}</ref>

The Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center at [[Kona International Airport]] in the [[Kona District, Hawaii|Kona district]] of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai{{okina}}i island]] where he was born and raised, was dedicated to him. The center closed in March 2016 and was unable to find a suitable location to reopen. Select items from the center's collection have been put on permanent display at the [[Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii]] in [[Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii|Mōʻiliʻili]] on the island of Oahu. They not only feature Onizuka's personal items, but also the only [[Moon rock]] in Hawaii and the space suit from Apollo 13 astronaut [[Fred Haise]].

Two [[astronomy|astronomical]] features were also named after Onizuka: an [[asteroid]] discovered by [[Edward L. G. Bowell]] on February 8, 1984, [[3355 Onizuka]] and a 29-km-diameter [[Impact crater|crater]] on the [[Moon]], [[Onizuka (crater)|Onizuka]]. The [[Cygnus NG-16]] ISS resupply spacecraft was also named after Onizuka (S.S. ''Ellison Onizuka'').

[[Little Tokyo, Los Angeles|Little Tokyo]] in [[Los Angeles]] has a street named after Onizuka, as does the street surrounding Whitcomb Elementary school in [[Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas]], where his daughters attended. It also named its library the Onizuka Memorial Library. (At the time of the ''Challenger'' disaster, his older daughter, Janelle, attended Clear Lake High School. His younger daughter, Darien Lei, was at Whitcomb.) In addition, Onizuka Street in Little Tokyo has a scale replica of the ''Challenger'' as a memorial, and a permanent memorial to Onizuka is located in the lobby of the Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inetours.com/Los_Angeles/Photos/Onizuka-Memorial.html|title=Downtown Los Angeles Photo Gallery – City Sightseeing Tours|website=www.inetours.com|access-date=April 16, 2018|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319043935/http://inetours.com/Los_Angeles/Photos/Onizuka-Memorial.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

[[File:11-11-06-LittleTokyo-WellerCourt.jpg|thumb|Weller Court shopping plaza (left) and Onizuka St., with [[Los Angeles City Hall]] in the background]]
The [[Onizuka Center for International Astronomy]], named in Onizuka's honor, is the mid-level support and visitor complex for the [[Mauna Kea Observatories]] in Hawaii. It includes a Visitor Information Station as well as dining, lodging, office, and maintenance facilities for observatory staff and astronomers.<ref>{{cite web |title= Visitor Information Station |work= Onizuka Center for International Astronomy official web site |publisher= University of Hawaii Institutute for Astronomy |url= http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/ |access-date= August 26, 2010}}</ref> A plaque of his face is mounted on a boulder by the entrance to the Visitor Information Station. [[Triangle Fraternity]] has the Ellison Onizuka Young Alumnus Award in tribute to him.

The Ann & H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences building at the University of Colorado at Boulder features a conference room named after Onizuka on the third floor. The [[Arnold Air Society]] Squadron attached to the 105th [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]] Detachment at the University of Colorado at Boulder bears his name.<ref>{{cite web|title=On Silver Wings |work=MILEHIGHCON 2004 |publisher=Silver Wings Newsletter |url=http://arnold-air.org/files/silver_wings/sw-library/newsletters/2003_Oct_OSW.pdf |access-date=February 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725013803/http://arnold-air.org/files/silver_wings/sw-library/newsletters/2003_Oct_OSW.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref>

Page 28 (Page X of additional page inserts, or page 52 of the extended length version) of every new standard U.S. passport contains this quotation: "Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds&nbsp;... to look out from a higher plateau than the last generation." – Ellison Onizuka

The Hawaii Space Grant Consortium holds an annual Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/OnizukaDay/ |title=Astronaut Ellison Onizuka Science Day |publisher=Hawai'i Space Grand Consortium |year=2009 |access-date=July 3, 2009 |archive-date=September 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918001114/http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/OnizukaDay/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> at the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo]] for students in grades 4–12, parents and teachers. [[El Camino College]] in [[Torrance, California]] hosts an annual Onizuka Space Science Day,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/naturalsciences/onizuka-space-science-day/index.asp |title=Onizuka Space Science Day |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324224226/http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/naturalsciences/onizuka-space-science-day/index.asp |archive-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> jointly organized by the Onizuka Memorial Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onizukamemorial.org/ |title=Onizuka Memorial Committee Science Day}}</ref>

The students at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School present the [[Onizuka Prop Wash Award]] to the classmate who contributed most to class spirit and morale.<ref name=Taylor>{{cite web |last= Taylor |first=Annamaria |title = TPS class 09A graduates |url=https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/395451/tps-class-09a-graduates/ |publisher=United States Air Force |date=January 6, 2010 |access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref>

On January 1, 2017, the airport in Onizuka's home district of Kona was renamed Ellison Onizuka [[Kona International Airport]] at Keāhole.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2017/01/03/kona-international-airport-takes-on-new-name-for.html|title = Kona International Airport takes on new name for the new year, for Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka}}</ref>
[[File:Col. Ellison Shoji Onizuka and Challenger Crewmates memorial lantern - Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - Palm Beach County, Florida - DSC03558.jpg|thumb|Ellizon Onizuka and Challenger Crewmates memorial lantern in Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Palm Beach County, Florida]]
Clear Lake High School, where Onizuka's children went to school, has on display a soccer ball that was on board the ''Challenger'' during the accident. It was given to Ellison on behalf of the soccer team that he coached, and for which his children played, to be brought into space. The ball was retrieved during the recovery efforts and donated to the school. In 2016, [[Robert S. Kimbrough|Col. Robert Kimbrough]] on [[Expedition 49]]/[[Expedition 50|50]] brought the ball into space.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23902766/nasa-astronaut-ellison-onizuka-soccer-ball-survived-challenger-explosion|title=The inside story of the soccer ball that survived the Challenger explosion|publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>

A [[Cygnus (spacecraft)|Cygnus]] resupply vehicle on [[International Space Station|ISS]] resupply mission [[Cygnus NG-16]] was named the ''SS Ellison Onizuka'' in his honor.<ref name="Gembec 2021">{{cite web |last=Gembec |first=Martin |date=August 17, 2021 |title=Thomasův fotokoutek 45 |trans-title=Thomas's photo corner 45 |url=https://kosmonautix.cz/2021/08/thomasuv-fotokoutek-45/ |access-date=February 19, 2022 |website=Kosmonautix.cz |language=cs}}</ref> It launched on August 10, 2021, and arrived at the ISS on August 12.

[[Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens]] has a memorial and lamp dedicated to the seven astronauts who died on the ''Challenger'', including Ellison Onizuka.<ref name="Morikami 2013">{{cite web |title=Visitors Guide |url=https://morikami.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Visitors-Guide-Web.pdf |website=Morikami.org |date=2013-08-13 |access-date=2024-12-04 |page=7}}</ref>  

===In media===
*Onizuka was portrayed by [[Keone Young]] in the 1990 TV movie ''[[Challenger (1990 film)|Challenger]]''.
*In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', a shuttlecraft carried aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)]] bears Onizuka's name, as seen in the three episodes "[[The Ensigns of Command]]", "[[The Mind's Eye (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Mind's Eye]]" and [[The Outcast (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|"The Outcast."]]