The legacy of astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka lives on. Onizuka, a native of Kona and the first Asian-American astronaut to reach space, was among the crew members who died in the 1986 Challenger ...

Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American astronaut, was recently honored with a NASA spacecraft named after him. A fallen hero: Aerospace company Northrop Grumman named its NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft ...

Teachers in anime are usually loveable characters who profoundly impact the characters in a show and their fans. They are the guiding light of the characters, usually appearing with compassion and ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all seven crew members on board, including Hawaii astronaut Ellison Onizuka. To commemorate Onizuka’s life, the ...

MOILIILI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A year after the Ellison Onizuka Space Center closed its doors in Kona, the country's first Asian-American astronaut's legacy lives on through a new exhibit in Moilili.

Great Teacher Onizuka or GTO for short is collected here in a five disc, 23 episode set from Funimation and TokyoPop. GTO follows the story of Eikichi Onizuka: a former delinquent and gang-banger ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A very special item tucked quietly away aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger before it exploded has finally made it to space, 31 years after the accident. "It was amazing the ...

The first Asian American to launch into space, who made the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of NASA's exploration goals, has been chosen as the namesake for a commercial cargo vehicle set to deliver ...

Ellison Onizuka was a local boy who made it to space. Born in the community of Kealakekua in rural Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, Onizuka grew up playing among coffee plants and as a member of the ...

Where the intimidating four-story, windowless “Blue Cube” once dealt with the most secretive of top secrets, today sits a college building ready and willing to dispense information freely to attentive ...