Congressional Space Medal of Honor

Date: 1969 [unknown]
Location: [unknown]

The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize "any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind." The highest award given by NASA, it is awarded by the President of the United States in Congress's name on recommendations from the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

See Congressional Space Medal of Honor recipients. This list includes the Challenger and Columbia astronauts, which are missing from the Agency Awards Historical Recipient List.

See the category Congressional Space Medal of Honor

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Recipients

Name	Proper	Date	Status	Notes
Armstrong, Neil	Neil Armstrong	10/1/1978	Done
Borman, Frank	Frank Borman	10/1/1978	Done
Conrad Jr, Charles Pete	Charles Pete Conrad Jr	10/1/1978	Done
Glenn Jr, John H	John H Glenn Jr	10/1/1978	Done
Grissom, Virgil I	Virgil I Grissom	10/1/1978	Done
Shepard, Alan B	Alan B Shepard	10/1/1978	Done
Young, John W	John W Young	5/19/1981	Done
Stafford, Thomas P	Thomas P Stafford	1/19/1993	Done
Lovell, James A	James A Lovell	7/26/1995	Done
Lucid, Shannon W	Shannon W Lucid	12/2/1996	Wikipedia
Chaffee, Roger B	Roger B Chaffee	12/17/1997	Done
White II, Edward H	Edward H White II	12/17/1997	Done
Shepherd, William M	William M Shepherd	1/15/2003	Wikipedia
Husband, Rick D	Rick D Husband	2/3/2004	Done
McCool, William C	William C McCool	2/3/2004	Done
Anderson, Michael P	Michael P Anderson	2/3/2004	Done
Chawla, Kalpana	Kalpana Chawla	2/3/2004	Done
Brown, David M	David M Brown	2/3/2004	Done
Clark, Laurel B	Laurel B Clark	2/3/2004	Done
Ramon, Ilan	Ilan Ramon	2/3/2004	Done
Scobee, Francis R	Francis R Scobee	7/23/2004	Done
Smith, Michael J	Michael J Smith	7/23/2004	Done
Resnik, Judith A	Judith A Resnik	7/23/2004	Done
McNair, Ronald E	Ronald E McNair	7/23/2004	Done
Onizuka, Ellison S	Ellison S Onizuka	7/23/2004	Done
Jarvis, Gregory B	Gregory B Jarvis	7/23/2004	Done
McAuliffe, Sharon Christa	Sharon Christa McAuliffe	7/23/2004	Done
Crippen, Robert L	Robert L Crippen	4/26/2006	Done