four NASA Distinguished Service Medals and the 1979 Goddard Memorial Trophy bestowed by the National Space Club. In 1999, he was presented the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) for being a "driving force in the U.S. human spaceflight program, from its beginnings...
Receiving the Medal of Freedom was “an unexpected and amazing honor,” Ochoa says in a NASAstatement. “I’m so grateful for all my amazing NASA colleagues who shared my career journey with me.” Ochoa has also been recognized with NASA’s highest...
Loverro is the recipient of many prestigious honors, including the Secretary of Defense’s Medal for Outstanding Public Service, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federation of Galaxy Explorers, the Society of Satellite Professional Engineers Stellar Award, and the AFCEA Benjamin Oliver Gold...
which has also been given to astronauts who died in theline of duty, was last presented in 2004 to the crew of STS-107. The award was firstgiven in 1978 to astronautsNeil Armstrong,Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, and posthumously to Virgil"Gus...
Administration (1974–76). He returned to MIT in 1977 as Luce Professor ofEnvironmentand Public Policy; the following year he was named dean of the MIT school ofengineering, a post he held until 1981. Seamans received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1965 and 1969, and the Thomas D...