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.
Dr. Charles Stark DraperHarry H. HessT. J. O'MalleyFrederick SeitzCharles H. TownesJoseph G. GavinGeorge E. StonerRiccardo GiacconiBrian O'BrienGerald J. WasserburgPaul B. BlasingameJoseph F. ClaytonLeo GoldbergClinton H. GraceRobert E. GreerGeorge W. JeffsThomas J. KellyH. Douglas LowreyJoseph P. McNamaraJames A. MillerRichard H. NelsonFrank PressTheodore D. SmithBen G. BrombergJack M. CampbellEdwin G. CzarneckiHarry DornbrandJesse L. GreensteinBruce C. MurrayT. J. O'MalleyWilliam G. PurdyGrant L. HansenWillis M. HawkinsRichard B. KershnerEdward W. BonnettAntonio FerriTheodore D. SmithLyman SpitzerLaurence J. AdamsFranklin W. KolkWalter O. LowrieThomas G. PownallCarl SaganFrancis B. SayreRonald SmeltKurt WaldheimEdward O. BuckbeeGerald J. WasserburgHarrison H. SchmittEugene H. LevyErik QuistgaardRobert HeinleinJohn T. RadeckiRodger DoxseyHarlan James SmithBert R. BulkinJohn BahcallRiccardo GiacconiGene RoddenberryDr. Robert L. GoldenBill G AldridgeNorman Ralph AugustineAlain BensoussanJames (Jim) F. BerryThomas P. AckermanViktor D. BlagovVladimir Nikolaevich DezhurovGlenn A. GoerkeAudrey MilroyR. K. Chetty PandipatiGerald W. SmithMikhail TyurinYury V. UsachevDaniel J. JacobRoger J. BressendenHugh (Hamp) WilsonRoger ChrostowskiBarry GreenbergNeil deGrasse TysonEdward C. “Pete” AldridgeMaria T. ZuberDr. Laurie LeshinWilliam SampleRichard CoveyDr. Douglas StanleyDaniel J. Heimerdinger, Ph.D.Jim BankeDavid F. DingesPaul LightseyLynda WeathermanDr. Carlos T. MataBrian RishikofLester M. CohenRoger W. CorsonDennis E. BottsJack TrombkaBenjamin M. HermanJeffrey P. SuttonGary Dempsey - COLSACharles Kopicz - ERC, IncRobert Savoie - GEOCENTRobert BerryRaymond M. HoffPeter W. PhillipsJames Sponnick, United Launch AllianceMichael L. Young, United Launch AllianceThe 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.
Edward C. StoneThe following individuals were recognized in 2014. Individuals marked with an * was awarded between April 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014, outside the timing of the normal awards cycle.
Davy A. Haynes, Jacobs Technologies ESSSA Group, Engineering DirectorateAlan SternWilliam H. WebsterBerrien Moore IIILori Garver