NASA Distinguished Service Medal
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The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the highest award that can 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.
NASA Distinguished Service Medal | |
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Type | Medal |
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" |
Country | United States |
Presented by | the National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Eligibility | Federal government employees |
Status | Active |
Established | July 29, 1959 |
First awarded | 1959 |
![]() NASA Distinguished Service Ribbon | |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Congressional Space Medal of Honor |
Equivalent | Distinguished Public Service Medal |
Next (lower) | Outstanding Leadership Medal |
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 1964, when it was replaced by the current type II medal (shown).
RecipientsEdit
1959Edit
- John W. Crowley, Jr., NASA Director of Aeronautical and Space Research[1]
1961Edit
- Alan Shepard (May 8) [2]
- Virgil I. Grissom (July 22)[3]
1962Edit
- John Glenn[4]
- Robert Gilruth[5]
- Scott Carpenter[6]
- Wally Schirra (October 15)
- Forrest S. Petersen,[7] X-15 pilot
- Robert White, X-15 pilot
- Joseph A. Walker, X-15 pilot
- Walter C. Williams
1963Edit
1965Edit
- Wally Schirra (December 30) (second award)
1968Edit
1969Edit
- 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 (second award)[3]
- 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
- 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[9]
- 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
1970Edit
1971Edit
- 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 (second award)
- Alan B. Shepard (second award)
- Sigurd A. Sjoberg
- John W. Townsend
- Alfred M. Worden
1972Edit
1973Edit
- George W. S. Abbey
- Alan L. Bean (second award)
- Leland F. Belew
- Charles A. Berry
- Aleck C. Bond
- Anthony J. Calio
- Eugene A. Cernan (second award)
- Aaron Cohen
- Charles Conrad (second award)
- Richard W. Cook
- John H. Disher
- Paul C. Donnelly
- Ronald E. Evans
- Arnold W. Frutkin
- Owen K. Garriott
- Ernst 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 (second award)
- 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
1974Edit
1975Edit
- 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 (second award)
- Thomas P. Stafford (second award)
- David Williamson
1976Edit
1977Edit
1978Edit
1980Edit
1981Edit
- Robert L. Crippen[11]
- Paul C. Donnelly
- James B. Odom[12]
- Andrew J. Stofan
- John F. Yardley
- Walter C. Williams (second award)
1984Edit
1988Edit
- Willis H. Shapley[9] (second award)
1991Edit
1992Edit
1994Edit
- Joseph H Rothenberg
1995Edit
1996Edit
2000Edit
- Joseph H Rothenberg
2001Edit
- Jack Brooks
- Claude Nicollier
- Courtney Stadd[16]
- James S. Voss[17]
- Joseph Philip Loftus
2002Edit
2004Edit
Brock "Randy" Stone
2004Edit
2005Edit
2007Edit
2008Edit
2009Edit
2010Edit
2011Edit
2012Edit
- Frank J. Benz[24]
- Byron Butler
- Sam V. Digesu
- Christopher J. Ferguson
- David C. Folta
- Michael E. Fossum
- Mark E. Kelly
- Alan J. Lindenmoyer
- David M. Martin[25]
- Ann McNair
- Robert R. Meyer
- Martin G. Mlynczak
- Philip E. Phillips[25]
- Craig L. Purdy
- Daniel C. Reda
- Joseph Savino
- Phillip A. Sabelhaus
- Peter J. Serlemitsos
- Robert M. Stephens
- Michael T. Suffredini
- Richard Zurek
2015Edit
- Raymond G. Clinton Jr.
- Carl Preston Jones
2016Edit
- 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
2017Edit
- Ellen Ochoa
- Dolores A. Holland
- Dava J. Newman
- Steven J. Kempler
- Michael Hesse[26]
2018Edit
- Theodore Adams
- Gale Allen[28]
- Christine Belcastro
- John Charles
- Charles Dovale
- Philip Eberspeaker[28]
- James Free[28]
- Cornelis Gehrels
- Pamela Hanes
- Kenneth Human[28]
- Robert Jacobs
- Debra Johnson
- Lauren Leo[28]
- Robert Lightfoot[28]
- Dawn Lowe
- Joel Montalbano
- Ellen Ochoa[28]
- Krista Paquin[28]
- Jonathan Pettus[28]
- Dennis Reuter
- Lesa Roe[28]
- Michael Sampson
- Christopher Singer[28]
- Hanwant Singh
- Gregory Williams[28]
- Josef Wonsever
- Joseph Zawodny
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Morris, John S. (1961) "President Will Give Medal to Astronaut", The New York Times, May 7, 1961.
- ^ "Distinguished Service Medal, NASA, 1961, Alan Shepard". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ a b "Virgil I. Grissom (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF)" (PDF). NASA. December 1997. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "President John F. Kennedy Pins NASA Distinguished Service Medal on John Glenn". NASA. August 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Remarks at the presentation of NASA's Distinguished Service Medal to Dr. Robert R. Gilruth and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., 23 February 1962". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. August 7, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Scott Carpenter". NASA. October 2013. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "mach-buster.co.uk".
- ^ "President Kennedy Awards the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to Major Gordon Cooper, 21 May 1963". JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.
- ^ a b Schudel, Matt (16 November 2005). "Willis Shapley Dies". Washington Post. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "appa". history.nasa.gov. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: Robert L. Crippen (07\2001)".
- ^ "Biographical Sketch" (PDF). NASA. December 1986. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Robert O. Aller, 76". Washington Post. June 6, 2006. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: Franklin Story Musgrave (M.D.)".
- ^ http://www.marginata.com/quantum/aldridge.asp
- ^ "Chief Of Staff Courtney Stadd Announces Plans To Leave Agency". NASA Newsroom. May 27, 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ James Voss Archived 2010-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: William McCool 5/04".
- ^ "NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Honors Employees at Annual Awards Ceremony".
- ^ JPL - JPL's New Associate Director Led Successful Mars Exploration
- ^ 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-03.
- ^ a b "NASA Awards" (PDF). Spaceport News. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "Distinguished Public Service Medal Honorees". 7 September 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "NASA Agency Honor Awards 2018" (PDF). NASA.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Agency Honor Award was awarded between April 2, 2017, and May 31, 2018, outside the normal awards cycle
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