* NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ( 1992 )

Colonel Casper has been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legion of Merit Awards, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, 11 Air Medals, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, six Air Force Commendation Medals, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, four NASA Space Flight Medals, and the National Intelligence Achievement Medal.

Collins has received the Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Grenada ( Operation Urgent Fury ), the French Legion of Honor, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and NASA Space Flight Medals, the Free Spirit Award, and the 2006 National Space Trophy.

He also received NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 1988 and three NASA Distinguished Service Medals in 1985, 1988, and 1993.

* NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal

Distinguished Flying Cross ; Defense Meritorious Service Medal ; 3 Navy Commendation Medals, one with Combat V ; Air Medal with 2 Strike-Flight awards ; 2 Southwest Asia Service Medals ; NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ; NASA Spaceflight Medal

* NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ( 2000 )

Evans Foundation Scholarship, 1970 ; University of Kansas Honor Scholarship, 1970 ; Summerfield Scholarship, 1970 – 1973 ; Veta B. Lear Award, 1970 ; Stranathan Award, 1972 ; Outstanding Physics Major Award, 1973 ; University of California Regents Fellowship, 1974 ; Group Achievement Award for software testing at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, 1981 ; NASA Outstanding Performance Award, 1981 ; NASA Superior Performance Award, 1981 ; Group Achievement Award for Second Orbiter Test and Checkout at Kennedy Space Center, 1982 ; Quality Increase, 1982 ; NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for JSC Strategic Planning, 1987 ; NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 1988, 1991 ); Special Achievement Award, 1988 ; Exceptional Service Medal for Return to Flight, 1988 ; Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1990 ; Special Achievement Award, 1990 ; Haley Flight Achievement Award, 1991 ; Kansan of the Year Award, 1992 ; Group Achievement Award for ESIG 3000 Integration Project, 1994 ; Presidential Rank Award ( 1994, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for Space Shuttle Program Functional Workforce Review, 1995 ; Group Achievement Award for SFOC Contract Acquisition, 1997 ; Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, 1997 ; University of Kansas Distinguished Service Citation, 1998 ; NASA Distinguished Service Medal ( 1998, 2000 ); Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurel Citation for Space, 1998, V. M.

* O ' Connor, Bryan, ( NASA ), " Eschede Train Disaster ", Leadership ViTS Meeting, May 7, 2007

* the NASA Medal for Outstanding Leadership

The Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation ( VX-4 ), National Defense Service Medal, Battle " E " Award ( VF-32 ), the Rear Admiral Thurston James Award ( 1973 ), the NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1984, 1989, 1992 ), the NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992 ), and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ( 1993, 1994 ).

She has been awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 1998, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1995 and 2002, and the NASA Space Flight Medal in 1992, 1994, and 1997, the NASA Fellowship for Full-Time Study in 1983, the ASME National Old Guard Prize in 1978, the ASME Ralph Coates Roe Medal in 2001.

* NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Category: Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Category: Recipients of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal

He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his Gemini 4 spaceflight and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Category: Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal

* NASA Exceptional Service Medal

Category: Recipients of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal

* 60px NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Category: Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal

* Abe Silverstein 1929, Aeronautical engineer, NASA center director, and Guggenheim Medal winner

Category: Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Category: Recipients of the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal

Bondar has received many honours including the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, over 22 honorary degrees and induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Chris has also received Vanier Award ( 2001 ), Meritorious Service Cross ( 2001 ), NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 2002 ) and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal ( 2003 ).

* NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Category: Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal

He has been awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal.

Category: Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Robert J. Helberg, who was born in Watonga, was awarded the Public Service Medal by NASA for his contributions to the Lunar Orbiter program.

** NASA Space Flight Medal

* NASA Space Flight Medal

* NASA March 2006 WMAP press release

* 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

* 2006 – The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.

In 2006, NASA made a prediction for the next sunspot maximum, being between 150 and 200 around the year 2011 ( 30-50 % stronger than cycle 23 ), followed by a weak maximum at around 2022.

On October 31, 2006, NASA announced approval of the launch of the space shuttle, Atlantis, the fifth and final shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, scheduled for August 28, 2008.

Non-launch costs account for a significant part of the program budget: for example, during fiscal years 2004 to 2006, NASA spent around $ 13 billion on the space shuttle program, even though the fleet was grounded in the aftermath of the Columbia disaster and there were a total of three launches during this period of time.

On October 22, 2006, NASA opened the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos.

He was Chief of Robotics for the NASA Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas from 2003 – 2006 and was Chief of International Space Station Operations from 2006 – 2008.

In 2006 the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Spirit labeled one of the hills explored " Zhongsan ".

* Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — NASA orbiter, entered Martian orbit March 10, 2006

In 2006, NASA posthumously awarded him the Ambassador of Exploration Award for his work for the agency and science.

In 2006 NASA initially expected a solar maximum in 2010 or 2011, and thought that it could be the strongest since 1958.

With the two rovers still functioning well, NASA later announced another 18 month extension of the mission to September 2006.

On 25 October 2006, NASA launched STEREO, two near-identical spacecraft which from widely separated points in their orbits will produce the first stereoscopic images of CMEs and other solar activity measurements.

This record was equalled by a team led by Dr. Nathalie A. Cabrol ( SETI Institute / NASA Ames ) in 2006.

According to trial testimony in 2006, Dr. Saeed advised Rusty, a former NASA engineer, not to leave his patient unattended.

On May 1, 2006, Collins announced that she would leave NASA to spend more time with her family and pursue other interests.

* An Elite Alliance March 2006, article on former NASA head and current LSU Chancellor Sean O ' Keefe's participation in the Bohemian Grove.

However, on May 13, 2006, it was announced that NASA Glenn Research Center had secured management of the Crew Exploration Vehicle's service module, which promised to generate billions of dollars and hundreds of jobs for the center.

In the summer of 2006 Gestir played the " Atlantic Music Event " at NASA ( Reykjavik, Iceland ), the G!

On 19 July 2006 NASA astronaut Brian Duffy visited and told people about his trip to space.

On November 17, 2006 NASA announced the successful test of the MRO as an orbital communications relay.