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.
Recipients
1967
1969
1971
1972
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. Miller
- 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
1976
1977
- Laurence J. Adams
- Franklin W. Kolk
- Walter O. Lowrie
- Thomas G. Pownall
- Carl Sagan
- Francis B. Sayre
- Ronald Smelt
- Kurt Waldheim
1978
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1988
1991
- John T. Radecki
- Rodger Doxsey
- Harlan James Smith
- Bert R. Bulkin
1992
1993
1995
1996
1997
2001
2002
- Thomas P. Ackerman
- Viktor D. Blagov
- Richard D. Blomberg
- Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov
- Glenn A. Goerke
- Audrey Milroy
- R. K. Chetty Pandipati
- 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
2006
- Daniel J. Heimerdinger
- Bob Bishop, D.S.
- Bruce H. Wendler
2007
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
2010
2011
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