NASA Distinguished Service 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 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.

Upon the recommendation of NASA, the President may award an even higher honor to astronauts, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Contents 1 NASA Distinguished Service Medal 1.1 Recipients 1.1.1 1969 1.1.2 1970 1.1.3 1971 1.1.4 1972 1.1.5 1973 1.1.6 1974 1.1.7 1975 1.1.8 1976 1.1.9 1977 1.1.10 1978 1.1.11 2001 1.1.12 2002 1.1.13 2003 1.1.14 2004 1.1.15 2008 2 Distinguished Public Service Medal 2.1 Recipients 2.1.1 1969 2.1.2 1971 2.1.3 1972 2.1.4 1973 2.1.5 1974 2.1.6 1975 2.1.7 1976 2.1.8 1977 2.1.9 1978 3 References

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[edit] Recipients

[edit] 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 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

[edit] 1970

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

Michael Collins Charles Conrad Richard F. Gordon

Fred W. Haise James A. Lovell Thomas O. Paine John L. Swigert

[edit] 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

[edit] 1972

Charles M. Duke Paul W. Gast William R. Lucas

Hans M. Mark Thomas K. Mattingly Richard C. McCurdy

William T. Pecora Dan Schneiderman John W. Young H. Ross Perot

[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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[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

[edit] 2001

• Jack Brooks
• Claude Nicollier

[edit] 2002

• Scott E. Parazynski

[edit] 2003

• Axel Roth

[edit] 2004

• Lott W. Brantley Jr.

[edit] 2008

• Myles Standish
• Richard Sunseri

[edit] Distinguished Public Service Medal

The NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal is a similar 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

[edit] 1969

• Harry H. Hess
• Frederick Seitz
• Charles H. Townes

[edit] 1971

• Joseph G. Gavin
• George E. Stoner

[edit] 1972

• Riccardo Giacconi
• Brian O'Brien
• Gerald J. Wasserburg

[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

[edit] 1974

• Ben G. Bromberg
• Jack M. Campbell
• Edwin G. Czarnecki
• Harry Dornbrand
• Jesse L. Greenstein
• Bruce C. Murray
• William G. Purdy

[edit] 1975

• Grant L. Hansen
• Willis M. Hawkins
• Richard B. Kershner

[edit] 1976

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

[edit] 1977

• Laurence J. Adams
• Franklin W. Kolk
• Walter O. Lowrie
• Thomas G. Pownall
• Carl Sagan
• Francis B. Sayre
• Ronald Smelt
• Kurt Waldheim

[edit] 1978

• Edward O. Buckbee
• Gerald J. Wasserburg

[edit] References

• NASA Medals directory
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards (1969-1978)