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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. The medal may be presented to any member of the federal government, including both military astronauts and civilian employees. The NASA Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to those who display distinguished service, ability, or courage, and have personally made a contribution representing substantial progress to the NASA mission. The contribution must be so extraordinary that other forms of recognition would be inadequate. Typical presentations of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal included awards to senior NASA administrators, mission control leaders, and astronauts who have completed several successful space flights. Due to the prestige of the award, the decoration is authorized for wear on active uniforms of the United States military. Another such authorized decoration is the NASA Space Flight Medal. Upon the recommendation of NASA, the president may award an even higher honor to astronauts, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The medal was original awarded by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and was inherited by NASA. The first NASA version (type I), featuring the NASA seal, was issued from 1959 until 1964, when it was replaced by the current type II medal (shown). Recipients 1959 John W. Crowley, Jr., NASA Director of Aeronautical and Space Research 1961 Alan Shepard (May 8) Virgil I. Grissom (July 22) 1962 John Glenn Robert Gilruth Scott Carpenter Wally Schirra (October 15) Forrest S. Petersen, X-15 pilot Robert White, X-15 pilot Joseph A. Walker, X-15 pilot Walter C. Williams 1963 Gordon Cooper 1965 Wally Schirra (December 30) (second award) 1968 James Webb Alexander Flax 1969 1970 Edwin E. Aldrin Neil A. Armstrong Alan L. Bean Michael Collins Charles Conrad Richard F. Gordon Fred W. Haise James A. Lovell (second award) Thomas O. Paine John L. Swigert 1971 Charles J. Donlan James B. Irwin Vincent L. Johnson Walter J. Kapryan Eugene F. Kranz Bruce T. Lundin Glynn S. Lunney James A. McDivitt Edgar D. Mitchell Bernard Moritz Dale D. Myers Oran W. Nicks Stuart A. Roosa David R. Scott (second award) Alan B. Shepard (second award) Sigurd A. Sjoberg John W. Townsend Alfred M. Worden 1972 Charles M. Duke Paul Werner Gast William R. Lucas Hans M. Mark Thomas K. Mattingly Richard C. McCurdy William T. Pecora Dan Schneiderman John W. Young (second award) 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 William H. Bayley 1981 Robert L. Crippen Paul C. Donnelly Howard S. Hardcastle James B. Odom Andrew J. Stofan John F. Yardley Walter C. Williams (second award) 1984 Robert O. Aller 1988 Willis H. Shapley (second award) 1991 John R. Casani 1992 Berrien Moore III Mark Albrecht Story Musgrave 1994 Joseph H Rothenberg 1995 Dr. Charles J. Pellerin Bill G. Aldridge 1996 Gerald M. Smith William J. O'Neil 2000 Joseph H Rothenberg 2001 Jack Brooks Claude Nicollier Courtney Stadd James S. Voss Joseph Philip Loftus 2002 Scott E. Parazynski 2004 Kalpana Chawla William McCool Axel Roth Brock "Randy" Stone Lott W. Brantley Jr. G. Scott Hubbard Edward T. Lu 2005 Firouz Naderi 2006 Eileen M. Collins 2007 Douglas Hendriksen 2008 Walter Cunningham Donn Eisele Fuk Li Walter Schirra (Third Award) E. Myles Standish Richard Sunseri 2009 Christopher Scolese Stephanie D. Wilson 2010 2011 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 See also List of NASA awards References External links NASA awards National Aeronautics and Space Administration Honor Awards (1969–1978) List of NASA medal recipients. Discover the Ellen Hendriksen popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ellen Hendriksen books.