Astronaut from Hawaii?

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Who was that astronaut from Hawaii who died?

-- Priscilla Logan (gorillagrandma@nuuanu.com), January 20, 1999

Answers

Ellison Onizuka was from the Big Island. After the shuttle accident, the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts created an award with his name since he was an eagle scout. An orchid was also named after him.

-- Roy Inouye (roy@bothi.com), January 20, 1999.

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