NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
Established by NASA on September 15, 1961, when the original ESM was divided into three separate awards.
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Carolyn S. Shoemaker
American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
In 1996, Shoemaker received an honorary doctorate degree from the Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist.
American geologist.
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1996.
Jack James (rocket engineer)
US rocket engineer who worked for over 35 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.
US rocket engineer who worked for over 35 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA.
He received commendations for his work from several US Presidents, and his awards include the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1965) and the Stuart Ballantine Medal (1967).
John Houbolt
Aerospace engineer credited with leading the team behind the lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR) mission mode, a concept that was used to successfully land humans on the Moon and return them to Earth.
Aerospace engineer credited with leading the team behind the lunar orbit rendezvous (LOR) mission mode, a concept that was used to successfully land humans on the Moon and return them to Earth.
He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1963.
Hong-Yee Chiu
Chinese-American astrophysicist, at NASA for 35 years, and successful publisher of EHGBooks micro-publishing company.
Chinese-American astrophysicist, at NASA for 35 years, and successful publisher of EHGBooks micro-publishing company.
In 1969, Chiu became the first Chinese-American scientist to receive the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.
James R. Arnold
The Harold C. Urey Professor of Chemistry (emeritus), and a noted pioneer in the field of planetary and space chemistry at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), where an endowed lectureship has been established in his name.
The Harold C. Urey Professor of Chemistry (emeritus), and a noted pioneer in the field of planetary and space chemistry at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), where an endowed lectureship has been established in his name.
For his work he was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1970.
Donald D. Clayton
American astrophysicist whose most visible achievement was the prediction from nucleosynthesis theory that supernovae are intensely radioactive.
American astrophysicist whose most visible achievement was the prediction from nucleosynthesis theory that supernovae are intensely radioactive.
That earned Clayton the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1992) for “theoretical astrophysics related to the formation of (chemical) elements in the explosions of stars and to the observable products of these explosions”.
Geoffrey Marcy
American astronomer.
American astronomer.
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (2003)
James R. Houck
The Kenneth A. Wallace Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.
The Kenneth A. Wallace Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1984) "for outstanding contributions to IRAS, including efforts in the rebuilding of the telescope focal plane assembly and continuing scientific analysis."
Donald E. Brownlee
Professor of astronomy at the University of Washington at Seattle and the principal investigator for NASA's Stardust mission.
Professor of astronomy at the University of Washington at Seattle and the principal investigator for NASA's Stardust mission.
He has been awarded the J. Lawrence Smith Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, the Leonard Medal from the Meteoritical Society, and the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 2007.