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 is the highest honor NASA awards to anyone who was not a government employee when the service was performed.

1967

 * Dr. Charles Stark Draper

1969

 * Harry H. Hess
 * T. J. O'Malley
 * Frederick Seitz


 * Charles H. Townes

1971

 * Joseph G. Gavin
 * George E. Stoner

1972

 * Riccardo Giacconi
 * Brian O'Brien
 * Gerald J. Wasserburg

1973

 * Paul B. Blasingame
 * Joseph F. Clayton
 * Leo Goldberg
 * Clinton H. Grace
 * Robert E. Greer
 * George W. Jeffs
 * Thomas J. Kelly
 * H. Douglas Lowrey
 * Joseph P. McNamara
 * Richard H. Nelson
 * Frank Press
 * Theodore D. Smith

1974

 * Ben G. Bromberg
 * Jack M. Campbell
 * Edwin G. Czarnecki
 * Harry Dornbrand
 * Jesse L. Greenstein
 * Bruce C. Murray
 * T. J. O'Malley
 * William G. Purdy

1975

 * Grant L. Hansen
 * Willis M. Hawkins
 * Richard B. Kershner

1976

 * Edward W. Bonnett
 * Antonio Ferri
 * Theodore D. Smith
 * Lyman Spitzer

1977

 * Laurence J. Adams
 * Franklin W. Kolk
 * Walter O. Lowrie
 * Thomas G. Pownall
 * Carl Sagan
 * Francis B. Sayre
 * Ronald Smelt
 * Kurt Waldheim

1978

 * Edward O. Buckbee
 * Gerald J. Wasserburg

1982

 * Harrison H. Schmitt

1983

 * Eugene H. Levy

1984

 * Erik Quistgaard

1988

 * Robert Heinlein

1991

 * John T. Radecki
 * Rodger Doxsey
 * Harlan James Smith
 * Bert R. Bulkin

1992

 * John Bahcall

1993

 * Riccardo Giacconi
 * Gene Roddenberry

1995

 * Dr. Robert L. Golden


 * Bill G Aldridge

1997

 * Norman Ralph Augustine

2001

 * Alain Bensoussan
 * James (Jim) F. Berry

2003

 * Roger J. Bressenden
 * Hugh (Hamp) Wilson
 * Roger Chrostowski
 * Barry Greenberg

2004

 * Neil deGrasse Tyson
 * Edward C. “Pete” Aldridge
 * Maria T. Zuber
 * Dr. Laurie Leshin

2005

 * William Sample
 * Richard Covey
 * Dr. Douglas Stanley

2006

 * Daniel J. Heimerdinger, Ph.D.

2007

 * Jim Banke
 * David F. Dinges
 * Paul Lightsey
 * Lynda Weatherman

2009

 * Dr. Carlos T. Mata
 * Brian Rishikof
 * Lester M. Cohen
 * Roger W. Corson

2010

 * Dennis E. Botts
 * Jack Trombka
 * Benjamin M. Herman

2011

 * Gary Dempsey - COLSA
 * Charles Kopicz - ERC, Inc
 * Robert Savoie - GEOCENT

2012

 * Robert Berry
 * Raymond M. Hoff
 * Peter W. Phillips
 * James Sponnick, United Launch Alliance
 * Michael L. Young, United Launch Alliance

2013
The following individuals were recognized in 2013. Individuals marked with an * was awarded between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle. • 2
 * Edward C. Stone

2014

 * William Shatner

Unknown date

 * William H. Webster
 * Berrien Moore III
 * Lori Garver