NASA DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

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.

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NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
Recipients
Distinguished Service Medal
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
2004
Distinguished Public Service Medal
1969
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
References

NASA 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.

Recipients

Distinguished Service Medal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1976

★ Charles J. Donlan

★ Isaac T. Gillam

★ Charles R. Gunn

★ William M. Lohse

★ Charles W. Mathews

★ John J. Neilon

★ Leonard Roberts

★ William R. Schindler

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

1978

★ Kenneth R. Chapman

★ Duward Crow

★ Robert H. Curtin

★ Marvin L. McNickle

★ David R. Scott

★ Milton O. Thompson

★ Gerald M. Truszynski

2004

★ Lott W. Brantley Jr.

Distinguished Public Service Medal

1969

★ Harry H. Hess

★ Frederick Seitz

★ Charles H. Townes

1971

★ Joseph G. Gavin

★ George E. Stoner

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

★ Richard H. Nelson

★ Frank Press

★ Theodore D. Smith

1974

★ Ben G. Bromberg

★ Jack M. Campbell

★ Edwin G. Czarnecki

★ Harry Dornbrand

★ Jesse L. Greenstein

★ Bruce C. Murray

★ William G. Purdy

1975

★ Grant L. Hansen

★ Willis M. Hawkins

★ Richard B. Kershner

1976

★ Edward W. Bonnett

★ Antonio Ferri

★ Theodore D. Smith

★ Lyman Spitzer

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

★ Gerald J. Wasserburg

References

★ NASA Medals directory

★ National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards (1969-1978)