NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
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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.
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...
, 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.
1973
- Paul B. Blasingame
- Joseph F. Clayton
- Leo GoldbergLeo GoldbergLeo Goldberg was an American astronomer who held professorships at Harvard and the University of Michigan and the directorships of several major observatories. He was president of both the International Astronomical Union and the American Astronomical Society...
- Clinton H. Grace
- Robert E. Greer
- George W. Jeffs
- Thomas J. KellyTom Kelly (engineer)Thomas Joseph Kelly was an American aerospace engineer.Thomas J. Kelly graduated from Cornell University in 1951, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society...
- H. Douglas Lowrey
- Joseph P. McNamara
- Richard H. Nelson
- Frank PressFrank PressFrank Press is an American geophysicist.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Press was science advisor to President Jimmy Carter from1976 to 1980,and president of the U.S. NationalAcademy of Sciences from 1981 to 1993...
- Theodore D. Smith
1974
- Ben G. Bromberg
- Jack M. CampbellJack M. CampbellJohn "Jack" M. Campbell was the 21st Governor of New Mexico, from January 1, 1963 until January 1, 1967.Campbell was born in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, and educated at Washburn University, where he received an undergraduate degree in 1938 and an LL.B degree in 1940.During World War II,...
- Edwin G. Czarnecki
- Harry Dornbrand
- Jesse L. GreensteinJesse L. GreensteinJesse Leonard Greenstein was an American astronomer. His parents were Maurice G. and Leah Feingold....
- Bruce C. MurrayBruce C. MurrayBruce C. Murray was born November 30, 1931 in New York, NY. He is a professor emeritus of planetary science and geology at Caltech and was Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from April 1, 1976 to June 30, 1982.He received his Ph.D...
- T.J. O'MalleyT.J. O'MalleyThomas Joseph O'Malley , better known as T. J. O'Malley, was an Irish-American aerospace engineer who, as chief test conductor for the Convair division of General Dynamics, was responsible for pushing the button on February 20, 1962 launching the Mercury-Atlas 6 space flight carrying astronaut John...
- William G. Purdy
1977
- Laurence J. Adams
- Franklin W. Kolk
- Walter O. Lowrie
- Thomas G. Pownall
- Carl SaganCarl SaganCarl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books...
- Francis B. SayreFrancis B. SayreFrancis Bowes Sayre was a professor at Harvard Law School and a son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson.-Biography:He was born on April 30, 1885....
- Ronald Smelt
- Kurt WaldheimKurt WaldheimKurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria, from 1986 to 1992...
2003
- Roger J. Bressenden
- Hugh (Hamp) Wilson
- Roger Chrostowski
- Barry Greenberg
2004
- Neil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse TysonNeil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History...
- Edward C. “Pete” AldridgeEdward C. Aldridge Jr.Edward "Pete" Cleveland Aldridge Jr. has served in many top U.S. Defense Department and defense industry jobs, including as Under Secretary of the Air Force from 1981–1986, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office 1981-1988, and as the Secretary of the Air Force from 1986-1988...
- Maria T. ZuberMaria ZuberMaria T. Zuber is the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she also leads the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Zuber has been involved in more than half a dozen NASA planetary missions aimed at mapping the Moon, Mars,...
- Dr. Laurie LeshinLaurie LeshinLaurie Leshin is the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. She oversees strategy development at the Center, leading an inclusive process to formulate future science and technology goals, and an integrated program of investments...