Highest award bestowed by the NASA
Award
TheNASA Distinguished Service Medal is the highest award that can be bestowed by theNational Aeronautics and Space Administration of theUnited States . The medal may be presented to any member of thefederal government , including both militaryastronauts 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 theUnited States military . Another such authorized decoration is theNASA Space Flight Medal .
Upon the recommendation of NASA, the president may award an even higher honor to astronauts, theCongressional Space Medal of Honor .
The medal was original awarded by theNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and was inherited by NASA. The first NASA version (type I), featuring theNASA seal , was issued from 1959 until 1964, when it was replaced by the current type II medal (shown).
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Frank J. Benz[ 26] Byron Butler Sam V. Digesu Christopher J. Ferguson David C. Folta Michael E. Fossum Mark E. Kelly Alan J. Lindenmoyer David M. Martin[ 27] Ann McNair Robert R. Meyer Martin G. Mlynczak Philip E. Phillips[ 27] Craig L. Purdy Daniel C. Reda Joseph Savino Phillip A. Sabelhaus Peter J. Serlemitsos Robert M. Stephens Michael T. Suffredini Richard Zurek Raymond G. Clinton Jr. Carl Preston Jones Ellen Ochoa
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Theodore Adams Gale Allen[ 30] Christine Belcastro John Charles Charles Dovale Philip Eberspeaker[ 30] James Free[ 30] Cornelis Gehrels Pamela Hanes Kenneth Human[ 30] Robert Jacobs Debra Johnson Lauren Leo[ 30] Robert Lightfoot[ 30] Dawn Lowe Joel Montalbano Ellen Ochoa[ 30] Krista Paquin[ 30] Jonathan Pettus[ 30] Dennis Reuter Lesa Roe[ 30] Michael Sampson Christopher Singer[ 30] Hanwant Singh Gregory Williams[ 30] Josef Wonsever Joseph Zawodny [ 31]
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