NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal | |
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Type | Medal |
Awarded for | "distinguished accomplishments [that] contributed substantially to the NASA mission. The contribution must be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate." |
Country | United States |
Presented by | the National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Eligibility | Non-government personnel |
Status | Active |
Established | July 29, 1959 |
NASA Distinguished Public Service Ribbon | |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Congressional Space Medal of Honor |
Equivalent | NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
Next (lower) | NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal |
The NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal is an award similar to the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, but awarded to non-government personnel. This is the highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a government employee when the service was performed.
Recipients
1967
- Charles Stark Draper[1]
1969
- Harry H. Hess[2]
- T. J. O'Malley[3]
- Frederick Seitz[4][5]
- Charles H. Townes
- Russell L. Schweickart
1971
- Joseph G. Gavin
- George E. Stoner[6]
1972
- Riccardo Giacconi
- Brian O'Brien
- Gerald J. Wasserburg
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
- James A. Miller[7]
- Richard H. Nelson
- Jeff Dantowitz
- Frank Press
- Theodore D. Smith
1974
- Ben G. Bromberg
- Jack M. Campbell
- Edwin G. Czarnecki
- Harry Dornbrand
- Jesse L. Greenstein
- Bruce C. Murray
- T. J. O'Malley
- William G. Purdy
1975
- Grant L. Hansen
- Willis M. Hawkins
- Richard B. Kershner
1976
- Edward W. Bonnett
- Antonio Ferri
- Theodore D. Smith
- Lyman Spitzer[8]
1977
- Laurence J. Adams
- Franklin W. Kolk
- Walter O. Lowrie
- Thomas G. Pownall
- Carl Sagan
- Francis B. Sayre
- Ronald Smelt
- Kurt Waldheim
1978
- Edward O. Buckbee[9]
- Gerald J. Wasserburg
1980
1981
- Victor van Lint
1982
1983
- Eugene H. Levy[12]
1984
- Erik Quistgaard[13]
- Nichelle Nichols[14][15]
1988
- Robert Heinlein[16]
- Carver G. Kennedy[17]
1991
- John T. Radecki
- Rodger Doxsey
- Harlan James Smith[18]
- Bert R. Bulkin
1992
- John Bahcall[19]
- Berrien Moore III[20]
1993
- Riccardo Giacconi[21]
- Gene Roddenberry[22]
1995
- Robert L. Golden[23][24]
- Bill G Aldridge[25]
1996
- Lori Garver[26]
1997
2001
- Alain Bensoussan
- James (Jim) F. Berry[27][28]
- Yvonne Brill
2002
- Thomas P. Ackerman
- Viktor D. Blagov
- Richard D. Blomberg
- Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov
- Glenn A. Goerke
- Audrey Milroy
- R. K. Chetty Pandipati[29][30]
- Gerald W. Smith
- Mikhail Tyurin
- Yury V. Usachev
2003
- Daniel J. Jacob
- Roger J. Bressenden
- Hugh (Hamp) Wilson[31]
- Roger Chrostowski
- Barry Greenberg[32]
- Ilan Ramon
- Yuri Gidzenko
2004
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge[33]
- Maria T. Zuber[34]
- Laurie Leshin[35][36]
- Albert Reville
- William H. Webster[37]
2005
- William Sample[38][39]
- Richard Covey[40]
- Douglas Stanley[41]
- Dennis L. Hartmann[42]
2006
- Daniel J. Heimerdinger, Ph.D.[43]
- Bob Bishop, D.S.[44]
- Bruce H. Wendler[45]
2007
- Jim Banke[46]
- David F. Dinges[47][48]
- Paul Lightsey
- Lynda Weatherman[46]
2008
- Klaus P. Heiss [de]
- James R. Bathurst
- James J. Cawby
- George Hartig
- Mark G. Jager
- Linn Leblanc
- Michael J. Massie
- Robert J. Puckett
- Ted Robinson
- Harold R. Ross
- Marcus Shaw
- Carl Weimer, Ph.D.
2009
- Carlos T. Mata[49][50]
- Brian Rishikof[51]
- Lester M. Cohen[52]
- Roger W. Corson
2010
- Dennis E. Botts[53]
- Jack Trombka[54]
- Benjamin M. Herman[55]
- Jeffrey P. Sutton[56]
2011
- Gary Dempsey - COLSA[57]
- Charles Kopicz - ERC, Inc
- Robert Savoie - GEOCENT
2012
- Robert Berry[58]
- Raymond M. Hoff[58]
- Peter W. Phillips[58]
- Dmitry Kondratyev[58]
- James Sponnick,[58] United Launch Alliance
- Michael L. Young, United Launch Alliance[58][59]
2013
The following individuals were recognized in 2013. Individuals marked with an * was awarded between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.[60]
- George Charles Adams
- Deborah Barnhart
- Angioletta Coradini *
- Guy Cordier
- Gary L. Enochs
- Holland Ford
- Johnny L. Golden
- Akihiko Hoshide *
- Christopher J. Keller
- Oleg Kononenko *
- André Kuipers *
- Yuri Malenchenko *
- Thomas B. McCord
- Oleg V. Novitskiy *
- Gennady Padalka *
- Sergei Revin *
- Alan K. Ruter
- Theodore L. Shaffner
- Gwynne Shotwell
- Evgeny L. Tarelkin *
2014
The following individuals were recognized in 2014. Individuals marked with an * was awarded between April 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.[61]
- James A. Coakley, Jr.
- John Gregory
- Chris A. Hadfield *
- Thomas Hancock
- Bruce M. Jakosky
- Hans J. Koenigsmann
- Oleg Kotov *
- Alexander Misurkin *
- Luca S. Parmitano *
- Mason Peck *
- Thomas Pierson *
- Matthew N. Ramsey
- Roman Romanenko *
- Sergey Ryazanskiy *
- William Shatner *[62]
- Edward C. Stone *
- Mikhail Tyurin *
- Pavel Vinogradov *
- Koichi Wakata *
- Patrick Wiggins
- Fyodor Yurchikhin *
2015
- Davy A. Haynes, Jacobs Technologies ESSSA Group, Engineering Directorate[63]
2016
The following individuals were recognized June 28, 2016.
- Thomas A. Glavich
- Stamatios Krimigis
- Stephen E. Kulczycki
- Therrin H. Protze
- Alan Stern[64]
2017
The following individuals were recognized June 15, 2017.[65]
- Terry Abel
- Frank Bauer
- Eric De Jong
- Edward Devine
- Michael Dorsch
- Alan Hargens
- Kauser Imtiaz
- Roger Launius
- Edward Nace
- Christopher Russell
- John Salisbury
- John Sterritt
- Forman Williams
- Roberta Wyrick, ERC *
2018
The following individuals were recognized August 2, 2018.[66]
- Christopher Jones
- John Magisano
- William McClintock
- Michael Melgares
- Frank Morring
- Eugene Parker
- James Paulsen
- Byron Tapley
- Yervant Terzian
- Edward L. Wright
2019
The following individuals were recognized August 28, 2019.[67]
- Alaudin Bhanji
- Daniel Coulter
- Robert Ergun
- Michael Graybill
- Thomas Howsman
- Miguel Larsen
- Charles Lawrence
- Edward Sikora, ERC
- Robert Sinclair
- Jakob van Zyl
2020
The following individuals were recognized December 22, 2020.[68]
- Charles Boehl
- Ronald Dantowitz
- George Helou
- Larry Johnson
- Alan Joynt
- Christopher Justice
- Renjith Kumar
- Lon Miller
- Joseph Musick
- Ashot Sargsyan
- B. Thomas Soifer
- Ray Sparks
- Bobby Williams
- A. Thomas Young
Unknown date
See also
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