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{{short description|Highest award bestowed by the NASA}}

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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.

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).

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Recipients

=1959=

  • John W. Crowley, Jr., NASA Director of Aeronautical and Space ResearchMorris, John S. (1961) "President Will Give Medal to Astronaut", The New York Times, May 7, 1961.

=1961=

  • Alan Shepard (May 8) {{cite web|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/distinguished-service-medal-nasa-1961-alan-shepard/nasm_A19640048000|title=Distinguished Service Medal, NASA, 1961, Alan Shepard|website=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
  • Virgil I. Grissom (July 22){{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/grissom_virgil.pdf|title=Virgil I. Grissom (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF)|date=December 1997|publisher=NASA|access-date=March 7, 2021}}

=1962=

  • John Glenn{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/president-john-f-kennedy-pins-nasa-distinguished-service-medal-on-john-glenn|title=President John F. Kennedy Pins NASA Distinguished Service Medal on John Glenn|date=August 7, 2017|publisher=NASA|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
  • Robert Gilruth{{cite web|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKPOF/037/JFKPOF-037-019|title=Remarks at the presentation of NASA's Distinguished Service Medal to Dr. Robert R. Gilruth and Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., 23 February 1962|date=August 7, 2017|publisher=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
  • Scott Carpenter{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/carpenter-ms.html|title=Scott Carpenter|date=October 2013|publisher=NASA|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120163532/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/carpenter-ms.html|archive-date=November 20, 2016}}
  • Wally Schirra (October 15)
  • Forrest S. Petersen,{{cite web|url=http://www.mach-buster.co.uk/#/petersen-to-ridley/4532806536|title=mach-buster.co.uk}} X-15 pilot
  • Robert White, X-15 pilot
  • Joseph A. Walker, X-15 pilot
  • Walter C. Williams

=1963=

  • Gordon Cooper{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHF-WHN15.aspx|title=President Kennedy Awards the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to Major Gordon Cooper, 21 May 1963|website=JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM}}

=1965=

=1968=

=1969=

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=1971=

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=1972=

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=1973=

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=1974=

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=1975=

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=1976=

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

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=1977=

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=1978=

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=1980=

  • William H. Bayley

=1981=

  • Robert L. Crippen{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/crippen-rl.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Robert L. Crippen (07\2001)|date=11 February 2015}}
  • Paul C. Donnelly
  • Howard S. Hardcastle{{Cite web|url= https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released |title=NASA Medals Historical Recipients}}
  • James B. Odom{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jim_odom_biography.pdf|title=Biographical Sketch|date=December 1986|publisher=NASA|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
  • Andrew J. Stofan
  • John F. Yardley
  • Walter C. Williams (second award)

=1984=

  • Robert O. Aller{{cite news |title=Robert O. Aller, 76 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/06/06/robert-o-aller-76/bfca7dbd-8960-4bc7-b120-9f2a5304d9c4/ |access-date=March 7, 2021 |work=Washington Post |date=June 6, 2006}}

=1988=

  • Willis H. Shapley{{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=Willis Shapley Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/11/16/willis-shapley-dies/65087660-4835-4981-86dd-625a512a701e/ |access-date=July 18, 2019 |work=Washington Post |date=16 November 2005}} (second award)

=1991=

=1992=

=1994=

  • Joseph H Rothenberg

=1995=

  • Dr. Charles J. Pellerin
  • Bill G. Aldridge{{Cite web|url=http://www.marginata.com/quantum/aldridge.asp|title=NASA medal to Aldridge}}

=1996=

  • Gerald M. Smith
  • William J. O'Neil

=1997=

=2000=

  • Joseph H Rothenberg

=2001=

  • Jack Brooks
  • Claude Nicollier
  • Courtney Stadd{{cite web|title=Chief Of Staff Courtney Stadd Announces Plans To Leave Agency|url=https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/may/HQ_03177_stadd.html|website=NASA Newsroom|access-date=2 January 2017|date=May 27, 2003}}
  • James S. Voss[http://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/voss_james.html James Voss] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529154122/http://www.colorado.edu/aerospace/voss_james.html |date=2010-05-29 }}
  • Joseph Philip Loftus

=2002=

=2004=

  • Kalpana Chawla
  • William McCool{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccool.html|title=Astronaut Bio: William McCool 5/04|date=11 February 2015}}
  • Axel Roth{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12263|title=NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Honors Employees at Annual Awards Ceremony}}
  • Brock "Randy" Stone
  • Lott W. Brantley Jr.
  • G. Scott Hubbard
  • Edward T. Lu

=2005=

  • Firouz Naderi[https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=740 JPL - JPL's New Associate Director Led Successful Mars Exploration]

=2006=

  • Eileen M. Collins{{cite web |title=Historical Recipient List |publisher=NASA |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released |access-date=24 April 2021}}

=2007=

  • Douglas Hendriksen[http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2007/release-20070629b.html NASA – Tampa Native Hendriksen Receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal]

=2008=

=2009=

  • Christopher Scolese{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/3820885390/|title=Christopher Scolese Receives the NASA Distinguished Service Medal (200908120001HQ)|date=12 August 2009}}
  • Stephanie D. Wilson

=2010=

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=2011=

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=2012=

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  • Frank J. Benz{{cite web|title=Distinguished Service Medal|url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/hq/Agency_Honor_Awards_2012_Program.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203235224/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/hq/Agency_Honor_Awards_2012_Program.pdf|archive-date=2015-02-03}}
  • Byron Butler
  • Sam V. Digesu
  • Christopher J. Ferguson
  • David C. Folta
  • Michael E. Fossum
  • Mark E. Kelly
  • Alan J. Lindenmoyer
  • David M. Martin{{cite news|title=NASA Awards|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/685347main_sep7-2012.pdf|access-date=7 September 2012|newspaper=Spaceport News|date=7 September 2012}}
  • Ann McNair
  • Robert R. Meyer
  • Martin G. Mlynczak
  • Philip E. Phillips
  • Craig L. Purdy
  • Daniel C. Reda
  • Joseph Savino
  • Phillip A. Sabelhaus
  • Peter J. Serlemitsos
  • Robert M. Stephens
  • Michael T. Suffredini
  • Richard Zurek

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=2015=

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  • Raymond G. Clinton Jr.
  • Carl Preston Jones
  • Ellen Ochoa

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=2016=

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  • 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

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=2017=

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{{cite news|title=Distinguished Public Service Medal Honorees|url=https://www.nasa.gov/specials/2017medalhonorees/?linkId=38737261|access-date=23 February 2018|date=7 September 2012}}

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=2018=

{{cite news|title=NASA Agency Honor Awards 2018|url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2018_aha_ceremony_program.pdf?rhid=1000&did=712198&type=released|publisher=NASA}}

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  • Theodore Adams
  • Gale Allen[https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2018_aha_ceremony_program.pdf The Agency Honor Award was awarded between April 2, 2017, and May 31, 2018, outside the normal awards cycle]
  • Christine Belcastro
  • John Charles
  • Charles Dovale
  • Philip Eberspeaker
  • James Free
  • Cornelis Gehrels
  • Pamela Hanes
  • Kenneth Human
  • Robert Jacobs
  • Debra Johnson
  • Lauren Leo
  • Robert Lightfoot
  • Dawn Lowe
  • Joel Montalbano
  • Ellen Ochoa
  • Krista Paquin
  • Jonathan Pettus
  • Dennis Reuter
  • Lesa Roe
  • Michael Sampson
  • Christopher Singer
  • Hanwant Singh
  • Gregory Williams
  • Josef Wonsever
  • Joseph Zawodny

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= 2019 =

{{Cite web |date=August 28, 2019 |title=2019 Administrator's Agency Honor Awards |url=https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/NSDIM-3000-0034_-_2019_AHA_Ceremony_Program.pdf?rhid=1000&did=6341579&type=released}}

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  • Richard Barney
  • Darren Bedell
  • Dwayne C. Brown
  • Thomas Bryan
  • Layne Carter
  • Ricky Cissom
  • Joseph Cuzzupoli
  • William DeLoach
  • Daniel Dittman
  • Edward Fein
  • Michael Freilich
  • Michael Good
  • Tyrell Hawkins
  • William Hicks
  • Andrew Hunter
  • Dorsie Jones
  • Vicki Kloeris
  • Joseph Madden
  • Edward Masuoka
  • Todd May
  • William Myers
  • Jim Reuter
  • Melvin Scruggs
  • Robert Scully
  • Jaiwon Shin
  • Patrick Simpkins
  • Steven Sullivan
  • Eric Thaxton
  • Michael Van Houten
  • Brenton Weathered
  • Terry Wilcutt}}

See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/awards/nasamedals.htm NASA awards]
  • [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4012/vol4/appa.htm National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards] (1969–1978)
  • [https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released List of NASA medal recipients]

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