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.
Recipients
1967 Charles Stark Draper
1969 Harry H. Hess T. J. O'Malley Frederick Seitz Charles H. Townes Russell L. Schweickart
1971 Joseph G. Gavin George E. Stonerappa
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 James A. MillerNASA.gov Richard H. Nelson Jeff Dantowitz Frank Press Theodore D. Smith
1974 Ben G. Bromberg Jack M. Campbell Edwin G. Czarnecki Harry Dornbrand Jesse L. Greenstein Bruce C. Murray T. J. O'Malley 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
1980 Clyde W. Tombaugh
1981 Victor van Lint
1982 Harrison H. Schmitt
1983 Eugene H. Levy
1984 Erik Quistgaard Nichelle Nichols
1988 Robert Heinlein Carver G. Kennedy.
1991 John T. Radecki Rodger Doxsey Harlan James Smith Bert R. Bulkin
1992 John Bahcall Berrien Moore III
1993 Riccardo Giacconi Gene RoddenberryStar Trek Creator by David Alexander, page 604
1995 Robert L. Golden Bill G Aldridge
1996 Lori Garver
1997 Norman Ralph Augustine
2001 Alain Bensoussan James (Jim) F. BerryJim Berry Receives NASA's Distinguished Service Medal; Award Is NASA's Highest Honor | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference Yvonne Brill
2002 Thomas P. Ackerman Viktor D. Blagov Richard D. Blomberg Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov Glenn A. Goerke Audrey Milroy R. K. Chetty Pandipati"Top NASA Award to R. K. Chetty Pandipati", IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Magazine, page 41, August 2003. Gerald W. Smith Mikhail Tyurin Yury V. Usachev
2003 Daniel J. Jacob Roger J. Bressenden Hugh (Hamp) Wilson Roger Chrostowski Barry Greenberg Ilan Ramon Yuri Gidzenko
2004 Neil deGrasse Tyson Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge Maria T. Zuber Laurie Leshin Albert Reville William H. Webster
2005 William Sample Richard Covey Douglas Stanley Dennis L. Hartmann
2006 Daniel J. Heimerdinger Liam Sarsfield Bob Bishop, D.S. Bruce H. Wendler
2007 Jim Banke David F. Dinges Paul Lightsey Lynda Weatherman
2008
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 Carlos T. Mata"ASRC Aerospace Senior Principal Investigator awarded NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal", NASA Agency Honor Awards, accessdate September 03, 2010"STS-122 ECO Sensor Troubleshooting", ECO Sensor Troubleshooting, accessdate September 03, 2010 Brian Rishikof"Lead Engineer awarded NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal" , Osyssey Space Research News, accessdate July 30, 2010 Lester M. Cohen Roger W. Corson
2010 Dennis E. Botts Jack Trombka Benjamin M. HermanThe University of Arizona Department of Atmospheric Sciences - News & Events Jeffrey P. Sutton
2011 Gary Dempsey - COLSANASA – 2011 Agency Honor Award Recipients Charles Kopicz - ERC, Inc Robert Savoie - GEOCENT
2012 Robert Berry Raymond M. Hoff Peter W. Phillips Dmitry Kondratyev James Sponnick, United Launch Alliance Michael L. Young, United Launch Alliance
2013 The following individuals were recognized in 2013. Individuals marked with an * were awarded between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.
2014 The following individuals were recognized in 2014. Individuals marked with an * were awarded between April 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.
2015 Davy A. Haynes, Jacobs Technologies ESSSA Group, Engineering Directorate
2016 Thomas A. Glavich Stamatios Krimigis Stephen E. Kulczycki Therrin H. Protze Alan Stern
2017 The following individuals were recognized June 15, 2017.
2018 The following individuals were recognized August 2, 2018.
2019 The following individuals were recognized August 28, 2019.
2020 The following individuals were recognized December 22, 2020.
See also List of NASA awards
References
External links NASA Medals directory National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards (1969–1978) Agency Awards Historical Recipient List