Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center

Keahole-Kona International Airport, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 808-329-3441

Description: KONA COAST. This informative facility is located just a few miles north of Kailua-Kona ­ at Keahole-Kona International Airport, to be exact. What the museum lacks in size, it more than makes up for in quality, and first-rate exhibits feature model rockets, moon orbitals, space shuttles, moon rocks, and a working gravity well. The museum is named after Big Island native Ellison Onizuka, one of the astronauts who perished in the 1986 Challenger accident.
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