NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

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NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal

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.

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NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
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TypeMedal
Awarded for"distinguished accomplishments [that] contributed substantially to the NASA mission. The contribution must be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate."
CountryUnited States
Presented bythe National Aeronautics and Space Administration
EligibilityNon-government personnel
StatusActive
EstablishedJuly 29, 1959
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NASA Distinguished Public Service Ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher)Congressional Space Medal of Honor
EquivalentNASA Distinguished Service Medal
Next (lower)NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
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Recipients

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1967

1969

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1980

1981

  • Victor van Lint

1982

1983

1984

1988

1991

1992

1993

1995

1996

1997

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

  • Daniel J. Heimerdinger, Ph.D.[43]
  • Bob Bishop, D.S.[44]
  • Bruce H. Wendler[45]

2007

2008

  • Klaus P. Heiss [de]
  • James R. Bathurst
  • James J. Cawby
  • George Hartig
  • Mark G. Jager
  • Linn Leblanc
  • Michael J. Massie
  • Robert J. Puckett
  • Ted Robinson
  • Harold R. Ross
  • Marcus Shaw
  • Carl Weimer, Ph.D.

2009

2010

2011

  • Gary Dempsey - COLSA[57]
  • Charles Kopicz - ERC, Inc
  • Robert Savoie - GEOCENT

2012

2013

The following individuals were recognized in 2013. Individuals marked with an * was awarded between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.[60]

2014

The following individuals were recognized in 2014. Individuals marked with an * was awarded between April 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.[61]

2015

  • Davy A. Haynes, Jacobs Technologies ESSSA Group, Engineering Directorate[63]

2016

The following individuals were recognized June 28, 2016.

2017

The following individuals were recognized June 15, 2017.[65]

2018

The following individuals were recognized August 2, 2018.[66]

2019

The following individuals were recognized August 28, 2019.[67]

  • Alaudin Bhanji
  • Daniel Coulter
  • Robert Ergun
  • Michael Graybill
  • Thomas Howsman
  • Miguel Larsen
  • Charles Lawrence
  • Edward Sikora, ERC
  • Robert Sinclair
  • Jakob van Zyl

2020

The following individuals were recognized December 22, 2020.[68]

  • Charles Boehl
  • Ronald Dantowitz
  • George Helou
  • Larry Johnson
  • Alan Joynt
  • Christopher Justice
  • Renjith Kumar
  • Lon Miller
  • Joseph Musick
  • Ashot Sargsyan
  • B. Thomas Soifer
  • Ray Sparks
  • Bobby Williams
  • A. Thomas Young

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