  The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the second highest award which may be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, ranking immediately below the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The medal may be presented to any member of the federal government, including both military astronauts and civilian employees. Nasa DSM File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Congressional Space Medal of Honor The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind. ...
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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. The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ...
The NASA Space Flight Medal is a decoration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which is awarded to any astronaut who performs a significant achievement or meritorious deed while engaged in a United States space mission. ...
NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal The NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal is the same 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.
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Distinguished Service Medal
1969 William A. Anders (b. ...
Frank Borman (right) poses with Jim Lovell (left) and Bill Anders (center) for an Apollo 8 publicity photo Frank Borman (born March 14, 1928) was a NASA astronaut, best remembered as one of the three crewmembers of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon. ...
Eugene A. Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a former United States astronaut. ...
Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ...
John F. Clark, ninth Director of the United States Marshals Service John F. Clark is the ninth Director of the United States Marshals Service. ...
Max Faget Maxime Max A. Faget (August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was an American engineer. ...
Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 18, 1913-August 17, 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer. ...
Gus Grissom in his Mercury spacesuit Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926–January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Air Force pilot who became one of the first American astronauts. ...
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Portrait of Apollo 13 Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. ...
Rudolph managed the Marshall Space Flight Center Saturn V Program Office. ...
Russell L. Rusty Schweickart (born October 25, 1935, in Neptune, New Jersey) is an American astronaut. ...
Named for former Chairman and Trustee of Sea Education Associations (SEA) board, the Robert C. Seamans is a state of the art 134 foot steel brigantine. ...
Donald K. Deke Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was the only one of the Mercury 7 — the astronauts chosen for Americas first manned-space effort, Project Mercury — who did not fly, due to an erratic heart rate (idiopathic atrial fibrillation). ...
See also: Tom Stafford (astronomer). ...
Wernher von Braun stands at his desk in the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama in May 1964, with models of rockets developed and in progress. ...
Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ...
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John W. Young in 1986 John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, April 21, 1972. ...
1970 Buzz in the LM Colonel Edwin Eugene Buzz Aldrin, Jr. ...
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American test pilot, astronaut, and was the first human being to walk on the Moon. ...
Alan Beans NASA photo Alan Bean (born March 15, 1932) is a former NASA Astronaut. ...
Michael Collins (born October 31, 1930) is a former American astronaut and test pilot. ...
Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. ...
Portrait of Apollo 13 Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. ...
Thomas Otten Paine (November 9, 1921 - May 4, 1992), American scientist, was the third Administrator of NASA, serving from March 21, 1969 to September 15, 1970. ...
1971 James Irwins Apollo 15 space suit James Benson Irwin (March 17, 1930 - August 8, 1991) was a member of the Apollo 15 mission and the eighth man to walk on the Moon. ...
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Glynn Lunney as manager of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1974) Glynn S. Lunney (born November 27, 1936) is a retired NASA engineer. ...
Edgar D. Mitchell (born September 17, 1930) was the sixth man to walk on the moon. ...
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. ...
Alfred Merrill Worden (born February 7, American astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission in July_August 1971. ...
1972 Thomas Kenneth (Ken) Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4, and STS-51-C missions. ...
John W. Young in 1986 John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, April 21, 1972. ...
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
Alan Beans NASA photo Alan Bean (born March 15, 1932) is a former NASA Astronaut. ...
Eugene A. Cernan (born March 14, 1934) is a former United States astronaut. ...
Charles Pete Conrad, Jr. ...
Ronald E. Evans (November 10, 1933 - April 7, 1990) (Captain, USN Ret. ...
Owen Kay Garriott, Ph. ...
Joseph Peter Kerwin, M.D. (Captain, MC, USN, Ret. ...
The Skylab 3 crew: (left to right) Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, and Alan Bean Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is a former NASA Astronaut. ...
Astronaut Paul J. Weitz Paul J. Weitz (pronounced WHITES) (born July 25, 1932) was an American astronaut who flew in space twice. ...
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
Gerald Paul Carr Gerald P. Carr is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. ...
William R. Pogue William Reid Pogue (born January 23, 1930) was an American astronaut. ...
1975 Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is a former NASA astronaut. ...
Glynn Lunney as manager of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (1974) Glynn S. Lunney (born November 27, 1936) is a retired NASA engineer. ...
Donald K. Deke Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was the only one of the Mercury 7 — the astronauts chosen for Americas first manned-space effort, Project Mercury — who did not fly, due to an erratic heart rate (idiopathic atrial fibrillation). ...
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1976 - Charles J. Donlan
- Isaac T. Gillam
- Charles R. Gunn
- William M. Lohse
- Charles W. Mathews
- John J. Neilon
- Leonard Roberts
- William R. Schindler
Leonard Roberts (born November 17, 1972 in St. ...
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
James Chipman Fletcher (June 5, 1919 - December 22, 1991) served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA, first from April 27, 1971, to May 1, 1977, and again from May 12, 1986, to April 8, 1989. ...
1978 Milton Orville Thompson was a NASA research pilot selected as an astronaut for the X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April, 1960. ...
Distinguished Public Service Medal
1969 Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911-) is an American scientist. ...
Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, American physicist and educator. ...
1971 - Joseph G. Gavin
- George E. Stoner
1972 Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931) is an Italian-born American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist. ...
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
See Tom Kelly (baseball) for the 15-year manager of the Minnesota Twins. ...
Dr. Frank Press (born December 4, 1924) is an American geophysicist. ...
1974 Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 – October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer. ...
Born November 30, 1931 in New York, NY. Married to Suzanne Moss, 5 children. ...
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1976 Lyman Spitzer Lyman Spitzer, Jr. ...
1977 Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrobiologist, and highly successful science popularizer. ...
Francis B. Sayre as a young man. ...
Kurt Josef Waldheim (born December 21, 1918) is an Austrian diplomat and conservative politician. ...
1978 - Edward O. Buckbee
- Gerald J. Wasserburg
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