NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Distinguished Service Medal | |
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NASA Distinguished Service Medal | |
Awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
Country | United States |
Type | Medal |
Eligibility | Government employees only |
Awarded for | "distinguished service, ability, or courage, [that] has...made a contribution representing substantial progress to aeronautical or space exploration in the interests of the United States" |
Status | Active |
Statistics | |
Established | July 29, 1959 |
First awarded | 1959 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Congressional Space Medal of Honor |
Equivalent | Distinguished Public Service Medal |
Next (lower) | Outstanding Leadership Medal |
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The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the highest award which may be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. The medal may be presented to any member of the federal government, including both military astronauts and civilian employees.
The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to those who display distinguished service, ability, or courage, and have personally made a contribution representing substantial progress to the NASA mission. The contribution must be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate.
Typical presentations of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal included awards to senior NASA administrators, mission control leaders, and astronauts who have completed several successful space flights. Due to the prestige of the award, the decoration is authorized for wear on active uniforms of the United States military. Another such authorized decoration is the NASA Space Flight Medal.
Upon the recommendation of NASA, the president may award an even higher honor to astronauts, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
The medal was original awarded by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and was inherited by NASA. The first NASA version (type I), featuring the NASA seal, was issued from 1959 until 1961, when it was replaced by the current type II medal (shown). Only three type I medals were awarded—to John W. Crowley, NASA Director of Aeronautical and Space Research; and Mercury astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom.
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Recipients
1959
- John W. Crowley, Jr. (first award)[1]
1961
- Alan Shepard (May 8, 1961)
- Virgil I. Grissom (July 22, 1961)
1962
- John Glenn
- Scott Carpenter
- Wally Schirra (October 15, 1962)
- Forrest S. Petersen[2] – X-15 pilot
1963
1965
- Wally Schirra (December 30, 1965)
1968
1969
- William A. Anders
- Frank A. Bogart
- Carroll H. Bolender
- Frank Borman
- Robert E. Bourdeau
- Eugene A. Cernan
- Roger B. Chaffee
- John F. Clark
- Raymond L. Clark
- Ozro M. Covington
- Kurt H. Debus
- Maxime A. Faget
- Robert R. Gilruth
- Harry H. Gorman
- Virgil I. Grissom
- Hans F. Gruene
- George H. Hage
- Wesley L. Hjornevik
- Lee B. James
- David M. Jones
- Kenneth S. Kleinknecht
- Christopher C. Kraft
- James A. Lovell
- George M. Low
- Charles W. Matthews
- Alexander A. McCool
- James A. McDivitt
- Jessie L. Mitchell
- George E. Mueller
- John E. Naugle
- Edmund F. O'Connor
- Rocco A. Petrone
- Samuel C. Phillips
- Joseph Purcell
- Eberhard F. M. Rees
- Ludie G. Richard
- Arthur Rudolph
- Julian W. Scheer
- William C. Schneider
- Russell L. Schweickart
- David R. Scott
- Robert C. Seamans
- Willis H. Shapley
- Albert F. Siepert
- Donald K. Slayton
- Thomas P. Stafford
- Gerald M. Truszynski
- Wernher von Braun
- Hermann K. Weidner
- Edward H. White
- John J. Williams
- John W. Young
1970
1971
- Charles J. Donlan
- James B. Irwin
- Vincent L. Johnson
- Walter J. Kapryan
- Eugene F. Kranz
- Bruce T. Lundin
- Glynn S. Lunney
- James A. McDivitt
- Edgar D. Mitchell
- Bernard Moritz
- Dale D. Myers
- Oran W. Nicks
- Stuart A. Roosa
- David R. Scott
- Alan B. Shepard
- Sigurd A. Sjoberg
- John W. Townsend
- Alfred M. Worden
1972
- Charles M. Duke
- Paul Werner Gast
- William R. Lucas
- Hans M. Mark
- Thomas K. Mattingly
- Richard C. McCurdy
- William T. Pecora
- Dan Schneiderman
- John W. Young
1973
- George W. S. Abbey
- Alan L. Bean
- Leland F. Belew
- Charles A. Berry
- Aleck C. Bond
- Anthony J. Calio
- Eugene A. Cernan
- Aaron Cohen
- Charles Conrad
- Richard W. Cook
- John H. Disher
- Paul C. Donnelly
- Ronald E. Evans
- Arnold W. Frutkin
- Owen K. Garriott
- Ernst D. Geissler
- Roy E. Godfrey
- Robert H. Gray
- George B. Hardy
- Robert C. Hock
- William P. Horton
- S. Neil Hosenball
- Roy P. Jackson
- Richard S. Johnston
- Joseph P. Kerwin
- James E. Kingsbury
- Jack A. Kinzler
- Kenneth S. Kleinknecht
- Joseph N. Kotanchik
- Chester M. Lee
- William E. Lilly
- Jack R. Lousma
- Owen G. Morris
- Rocco A. Petrone
- Isom A. Rigell
- Miles Ross
- George T. Sasseen
- Harrison H. Schmitt
- William C. Schneider
- Richard G. Smith
- Howard W. Tindall
- Paul J. Weitz
1974
- Donald D. Buchanan
- Gerald P. Carr
- Walker E. Giberson
- Edward G. Gibson
- Charles F. Hall
- Robert L. Krieger
- Dale D. Myers
- William R. Pogue
- Norman Pozinsky
- Martin L. Raines
- Lee R. Scherer
- John M. Thole
- Robert F. Thompson
1975
- Vance D. Brand
- Robert H. Curtin
- M. P. Frank
- Donald P. Hearth
- Chester M. Lee
- Glynn S. Lunney
- Joseph B. Mahon
- Ellery B. May
- John L. McLucas
- William Nordberg
- George F. Page
- Donald K. Slayton
- Thomas P. Stafford
- David Williamson
1976
- Charles J. Donlan
- Isaac T. Gillam
- Charles R. Gunn
- William M. Lohse
- Charles W. Mathews
- John J. Neilon
- Leonard Roberts
- William R. Schindler
1977
- Edgar M. Cortright
- Malcolm R. Currie
- James C. Fletcher
- Noel W. Hinners
- Leonard Jaffe
- Harriett G. Jenkins
- Robert S. Kraemer
- Bruce T. Lundin
- Hans M. Mark
- James S. Martin
- John E. Naugle
- Henry W. Norris
- A. Thomas Young
1978
- Kenneth R. Chapman
- Duward Crow
- Robert H. Curtin
- Marvin L. McNickle
- David R. Scott
- Milton O. Thompson
- Gerald M. Truszynski
1981
1992
1995
- Dr. Charles J. Pellerin
1996
- Gerald M. Smith
2000
- No awards
2001
- Jack Brooks
- Claude Nicollier
- Courtney Stadd
- James S. Voss[6]
- Joseph Philip Loftus
2002
2003
2004
- Lott W. Brantley Jr.
- G. Scott Hubbard
- Edward T. Lu
2007
- Douglas Hendriksen[9]
2008
- Walter Cunningham
- Donn Eisele
- Fuk Li
- Walter Schirra
- E. Myles Standish
- Richard Sunseri
2009
2010
- David K. Alonso
- Scott D. Altman
- John M. Grunsfeld
- Kenneth M. Ford
- Jeffrey M. Hanley
- John T. James
- Suresh M. Joshi
- William H. Kinard
- Steven J. Ostro
- Mark L. Polansky
- Frederick Sturckow
- Jacob Trombka
- David A. Wolf
2011
- Stephen K. Robinson
- Richard Mushotzky
- Daniel McCleese
- Richard Fisher
- Stephanie D. Wilson
- James E. Fesmire
2012
- Frank J. Benz[12]
- Byron Butler
- Sam V. Digesu
- Christopher J. Ferguson
- David C. Folta
- Michael E. Fossum
- Mark E. Kelly
- Alan J. Lindenmoyer
- David M. Martin[13]
- Ann McNair
- Robert R. Meyer
- Martin G. Mlynczak
- Philip E. Phillips[13]
- Craig L. Purdy
- Daniel C. Reda
- Joseph Savino
- Phillip A. Sabelhaus
- Peter J. Serlemitsos
- Robert M. Stephens
- Michael T. Suffredini
- Richard Zurek
2016
- James O. Arnold
- Perry L. Becker
- Jeri Buchholz
- Ricky W. Butler
- Edward R. Generazio
- Linda M. Jensen
- Jack King
- Jennifer C. Kunz
- Michael F. O'Brien
- William Oegerle
- Patrick Scheuermann
- Piers J. Sellers
- J. William Sikora
- Teresa Vanhooser
See also
References
- ↑ Morris, John S. (1961) "President Will Give Medal to Astronaut", The New York Times, May 7, 1961.
- ↑ "mach-buster.co.uk".
- ↑ "President Kennedy Awards the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to Major Gordon Cooper, 21 May 1963".
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Robert L. Crippen (07\2001)".
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Franklin Story Musgrave (M.D.)".
- ↑ James Voss
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: William McCool 5/04".
- ↑ "NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Honors Employees at Annual Awards Ceremony".
- ↑ NASA - Tampa Native Hendriksen Receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- ↑ "Christopher Scolese Receives the NASA Distinguished Service Medal (200908120001HQ)".
- ↑ "NASA Agency Honor Awards 2010" (PDF). NASA.
- ↑ "Distinguished Service Medal" (PDF).
- 1 2 "NASA Awards" (PDF). Spaceport News. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.