NASA Exceptional Service Medal
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| NASA Exceptional Service Medal | |
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 NASA Exceptional Service Medal |
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| Awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Medal |
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| Established | July 29, 1959 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal |
| Next (lower) | Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal Equal Employment Opportunity Medal |
 NASA Exceptional Service Ribbon |
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The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is an award granted to U.S. government employees for significant sustained performance characterized by unusual initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvement in engineering, aeronautics, space flight, administration, support, or space-related endeavors which contribute to NASA programs.
The medal was inherited by NASA from its predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and featured the NACA emblem. The original NASA version featured the NASA seal.
Notable recipients [edit]
- Buzz Aldrin
- Neil Armstrong (1966)
- Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (twice)
- Jim Lovell
- Roger B. Chaffee (posthumously)
- Kevin Chilton
- Michael Collins (1966)
- Paul D. Lowman
- William H. Dana
- John H. Disher (twice, last in 1980)
- Einar Enevoldson (1974)
- Fitzhugh L. Fulton (twice)
- Gus Grissom
- John M. Grunsfeld (three awards)
- Umberto Guidoni (2002)
- Joseph Gutheinz (2000)
- Chris Hadfield
- David M. Jones
- Mark Kelly
- Don Leslie Lind (1974)
- William S. McArthur
- Pamela Matson
- Arthur Rudolph
- Tecwyn Roberts (1969)
- David Scott (1966)
- Richard H. Truly (two awards)
- Peggy Whitson
- John W. Young (1965 and 1966)
- Christer Fuglesang (2010)
- Gloria A. Murphy (2012)
- Lesley C. Fletcher (2012)
- Robert J. Parks (1967)
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