NASA Distinguished Service Medal

NASA Distinguished Service Medal
This article is about NASA-awarded Distinguished Service Medal. For other U.S. versions, see Distinguished Service Medal (United States).
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 on 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.

Awarded James Webb, 1 November 1968.

Contents

NASA Distinguished Service Medal

1959

  • John W. Crowley, Jr. (first award)[1]

1961

  • Alan Shepard (May 8, 1961)
  • Virgil I. Grissom (July 22, 1961)

1962

1968

1969

1970

  • Edwin E. Aldrin
  • Neil A. Armstrong
  • Alan L. Bean

1971

  • Charles J. Donlan
  • James B. Irwin
  • Vincent L. Johnson
  • Walter J. Kapryan
  • Eugene F. Kranz
  • Bruce T. Lundin
  • Stuart A. Roosa
  • David R. Scott
  • Alan B. Shepard
  • Sigurd A. Sjoberg
  • John W. Townsend
  • Alfred M. Worden

1972

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

1974

1975

  • Vance D. Brand
  • Robert H. Curtin
  • M. P. Frank
  • Donald P. Hearth
  • Chester M. Lee

1976

  • Charles J. Donlan
  • Isaac T. Gillam
  • Charles R. Gunn
  • William M. Lohse
  • Charles W. Mathews
  • John J. Neilon

1977

  • 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

  • Robert H. Curtin
  • Marvin L. McNickle
  • David R. Scott
  • Milton O. Thompson
  • Gerald M. Truszynski

1981

  • Robert L. Crippen[3]
  • Paul C. Donnelly

1992

  • Berrien Moore III

2000

  • No awards

2001

2002

2003

2004

  • Lott W. Brantley Jr.

2007

  • Douglas Hendriksen[8]

2008

2009

2010[10]

2011

  • Stephen K. Robinson
  • Richard Mushotzky
  • Daniel McCleese

See also

  • List of NASA awards

References

  1. ^ Morris, John S. (1961) "President Will Give Medal to Astronaut", The New York Times, May 7 1961.
  2. ^ http://www.mach-buster.co.uk/#/petersen-to-ridley/4532806536
  3. ^ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/crippen-rl.html
  4. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Stadd
  5. ^ http://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/voss_james.html
  6. ^ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccool.html
  7. ^ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12263
  8. ^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2007/release-20070629b.html
  9. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3820885390/
  10. ^ https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/awardbrochure050310_v3.pdf?rhid=1000&did=712198&type=released

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