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    The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is the highest award that can be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States...
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  • Thumbnail for 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...
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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...
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  • Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) is a high award of a nation, state or country. Examples include: Distinguished Service Medal (Australia) (established...
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  • America Distinguished Public Service Medal NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal (awarded to non-government personnel)...
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    Mark Kelly (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Ribbons; a NASA Distinguished Service Medal; and an Overseas Service Ribbon. On June 21, 2011, Kelly announced his retirement from both the Navy and NASA, effective...
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    Kalpana Chawla (category NASA civilian astronauts)
    awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the NASA Space Flight Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Several buildings, spacecraft,...
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    William S. McArthur (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (Oak leaf cluster), the NASA Distinguished Service...
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    Richard N. Richards (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Superior Service Medal Distinguished Flying Cross Defense Meritorious Service Medal National Defense Service Medals (2) Vietnam Service Medal NASA Distinguished...
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    Neil Armstrong (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Armstrong and Scott received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and the Air Force awarded Scott the Distinguished Flying Cross as well. Scott was promoted...
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    Richard H. Truly (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency. After his departure from NASA, he led the Georgia...
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  • E. Myles Standish (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal; in 2015, he was given Wesleyan University's Distinguished Alumnus Award. According to the NASA ADS database...
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    Buzz Aldrin (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal by President Johnson at LBJ Ranch. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1970 for the...
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    Rick Husband (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    different types of aircraft. Husband was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994, the same week he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.: 67 ...
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  • Thumbnail for Jack Swigert
    Jack Swigert (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    about 5 days and 23 hours, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom the next day. NASA Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton, who selected...
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    John L. Phillips (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from NASA)
    Phillips has also been awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Gagarin Medal and several others. Phillips has logged...
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    Terrence W. Wilcutt (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Ribbon NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2001) NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2000) NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1998) NASA Space Flight Medals (4)...
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    C. Gordon Fullerton (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    2013) was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California...
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  • Thumbnail for Congressional Space Medal of Honor
    Space Medal of Honor, an astronaut must perform feats of extraordinary accomplishment while participating in space flight under the authority of NASA. Typically...
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    Kent Rominger (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. He is a Distinguished Graduate...
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    Arthur Rudolph (category NASA people)
    retired from NASA on January 1, 1969. During his tenure he was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. On July...
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    Deke Slayton (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    engineer, test pilot, and one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director...
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    Gus Grissom (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster, two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, and, posthumously, the...
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    Michael A. Baker (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Award NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal 4 NASA Space Flight Medals 2 Sea Service Awards...
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    Loren Shriver (category Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal)
    Air Force Commendation Medal NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NASA Space Flight Medals American Astronautical Society...
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    John Glenn (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    person, to be in space. He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1962, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, was inducted into the...
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  • Thumbnail for Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Gold star device in lieu of second award Distinguished Flying Cross National Defense Service Medal NASA Distinguished Service...
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    Jim Lovell (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Freedom Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal with star Légion d'honneur (Chevalier) Alpha...
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    Michael P. Anderson (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    (December 25, 1959 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. He and his six fellow crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle...
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    Michael Collins (astronaut) (category Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal)
    Apollo Project, he was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. He was awarded the Legion of Merit in 1977...
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