NASA Distinguished Service Medal

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The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the second highest award which may be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, ranking immediately below the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. 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 numerous 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.

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[edit] NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

The NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal is the same award for non-Government personnel. This is the highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a Government employee when the service was performed.

[edit] Recipients

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[edit] 1969

[edit] 1970

[edit] 1971

[edit] 1972

[edit] 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

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[edit] 1975

[edit] 1976

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 1978

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

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[edit] 1971

  • Joseph G. Gavin
  • George E. Stoner

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[edit] 1973

  • Paul B. Blasingame
  • Joseph F. Clayton
  • Leo Goldberg
  • Clinton H. Grace
  • Robert E. Greer
  • George W. Jeffs
  • Thomas J. Kelly
  • H. Douglas Lowrey
  • Joseph P. McNamara
  • Richard H. Nelson
  • Frank Press
  • Theodore D. Smith

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[edit] 1975

[edit] 1976

  • Edward W. Bonnett
  • Antonio Ferri
  • Theodore D. Smith
  • Lyman Spitzer

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[edit] 1978

  • Edward O. Buckbee
  • Gerald J. Wasserburg

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