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The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal is an award established in 1991 and awarded to both civilian members of NASA and military astronauts.

The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal is a NASA award established in 1991 and awarded to both civilian members of NASA and military astronauts.

The medal can be awarded to a NASA employee if they make substantial contributions characterized by a substantial and significant improvement in operations, efficiency, service, financial savings, science, or technology which directly contribute to the mission of NASA. For civilians, the decoration is typically bestowed to mid-level and senior NASA administrators who have supervised at least four to five successful NASA missions. Astronauts may be awarded the decoration after two to three space flights.

The medal is authorized as a military decoration for display on active duty military uniforms upon application from the service member to the various branch of the military in which they serve.

The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal Design

The medal is circular and struck in bronze gilt.

The reverse is plain except for the inscription “EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT“.

The ribbon has stripes in dark blue, blue, red and turquoise, with a central dark blue line.

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The NASA Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal is an award given to people of the federal service for significant support of NASA.

The NASA Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal is a prestigious NASA award given to any person in the United States federal service for a significant, specific accomplishment or contribution characterized by unusual initiative or creativity that clearly demonstrates a substantial improvement in administrative support contributing to the mission of NASA.

These include:

  • Exceptional initiative in carrying out office/program support activities that resulted in improved processes and operations.
  • Development and improvement of administrative support methods and processes that resulted in substantial benefit to the office or program.
  • Notable competence and resourcefulness in accomplishing and improving office/program processes and operations.

The award is given to any civil service employee in the NASA Classification 500 Group: Clerical/Assistant and related support positions including positions engaged in routine one-grade interval clerical and support work requiring the application of practical knowledge of the established clerical or administrative systems, procedures, and techniques of a subject-matter area or program.

The NASA Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal Design

The medal is circular and struck in bronze gilt.

The reverse is plain.

The ribbon has a central larger light blue stripe, with thin yellow and larger white stripes towards the edges.

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The NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal

The NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal is a medal awarded to individuals for outstanding achievement in diversity and inclusion.

The NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal is a prestigious NASA medal awarded to both Government and non-Government individuals for outstanding achievement and material contribution to the principles and goals of NASA’s equal employment opportunity, diversity, and inclusion programs, either within the Government or within community organizations or groups.

The criteria are as follows:

  • achievements are clearly superior in quality, scope, and impact, and
  • achievements are explicit and demonstrate significant results.

Outstanding achievement and material contributions to EEO can be demonstrated in a number of ways, such as:

  • Creating or promoting a work environment that is accessible and welcoming to employees with disabilities (e.g., initiated a transportation network that assists employees with disabilities commute to work).
  • Leading recruitment efforts to nontraditional sources to expand the demographic diversity of the applicant pool (e.g., established a relationship with a Historically Black College or Tribal College that resulted in more diverse Co-op students).
  • Consistently participating in programs that help ensure mentoring or coaching for members of underrepresented groups in the organization.
  • Leading cultural awareness or education events for employees.
  • Initiating outreach events for underrepresented groups in the community.
  • Volunteering to speak or conducting workshops at national conferences such as Black Engineer of the Year Award, Society of Women Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, etc.
  • Consistently utilizes summer interns from diverse cultures, including interns with disabilities.

Outstanding achievement and material contributions to diversity and inclusion can be demonstrated in a number of ways, such as:

  • Creating an inclusive work environment where employees are engaged, valued, and respected and their talents are fully utilized, for example, by championing the Agency’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy within the organization and considering and including goals of diversity and inclusion in all organizational planning.
  • Leading diversity and inclusion dialogues, and educational opportunities and encouraging employees to participate in diversity and inclusion dialogues, surveys, and training and educational opportunities.
  • Recognizing and rewarding employees for commitment to diversity and inclusion, for example as part of their performance planning and evaluation, and in nominations for leadership programs and awards.
  • Actively assuring conflicts within the organization are resolved in a positive and constructive manner, for example, by taking a leadership role in the NASA Conflict Management Program training.

Contributions that were overlooked at the time they occurred are also considered.

The NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in bronze gilt, and measures 38.2 mm by 44 mm.

The reverse is plain.

The ribbon has a central larger dark blue stripe, with yellow, white and light blue stripes towards the edges.

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The NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal is given to Government or individuals for exceptional technology contributions.

The NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal is an award given  to Government or non-Government individuals for exceptional technology contributions achieved in one or more of the following:

  • Early technology development significantly contributed to the NASA mission.
  • Exemplary collaborative effort in achieving significant technology transfer.
  • Exceptional utilization of a NASA-developed technology resulting in a significant commercial application.

The NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in bronze gilt, and measures 40 millimeters in diameter.

The reverse is plain.

The ribbon is light blue with thinner darker blue, white and yellow stripes towards the edges.

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The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal is a medal established on September 15, 1961 when the original ESM was divided in three.

The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal is a prestigious NASA medal established on September 15, 1961 when the original ESM was divided into three separate awards. The medal is awarded to both Government and non-Government individuals.

The award is given for individual efforts that have resulted in a key scientific discovery or resulted in contribution(s) of fundamental importance in this field or significantly enhanced understanding of the field.

Scientific contributions typically result from reasoned investigations or studies of phenomena using collected data and observations, current scientific theories and formulae, and the scientific method and/or other formal techniques, to attain enduring principles. Contributions that were overlooked at the time they occurred are also considered.

The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in bronze gilt, and measures 38.5 mm by 44.5 mm.

The reverse bears the inscription “EXCEPTIONAL SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT“.

The ribbon is blue with thinner lighter blue stripes towards the edges and white in the center.

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The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal is a medal established in 1981 to recognize unusually significant engineering contributions.

The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal is a NASA medal established in 1981 to recognize unusually significant engineering contributions towards the achievement of aeronautical or space exploration goals.

This award is given for individual efforts for applications of engineering principles or methods that have resulted in a contribution of fundamental importance in this field or have significantly enhanced understanding of this field or have significantly advanced the state of the practice as demonstrated by an application to aerospace systems. Engineering contributions are typically characterized as being the design, development, and application of tools and systems, or significant process improvements. Contributions that were overlooked at the time it occurred are also considered.

The criteria also include the following:

  • Accomplishments are far above others in quality, scope, and impact.
  • Accomplishments are explicit, significant, and demonstrate results.

The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal Design

The medal is circular and struck in bronze. A laurel wreath surrounds a hand holding a planet. On the sides of it is inscribed “NA” and “SA“.

The ribbon is light blue with thin yellow (x2 edges) and white (x2 central) stripes.

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The NASA Exceptional Bravery Medal

The NASA Exceptional Bravery Medal is a NASA award open to government and non-government employees for courageous handling of an emergency.

The NASA Exceptional Bravery Medal is a NASA award open to government and non-government employees and given for exemplary and courageous handling of an emergency by an individual who, independent of personal danger, has acted to prevent the loss of human life or U.S. government property.

Among those who received this medal are the following:

On November 9, 1962, NASA pilot Jack B. McKay was test flying an X-15 when it experienced engine failure. An emergency landing was made at Mud Lake, Nevada where the aircraft flipped on its back. As part of the rescue crew, 6 men that worked to free McKay in the presence of lethal concentrations of unjettisoned anhydrous ammonia fuel, saving McKay’s life, received this medal. They were the first: Paul J. Balfe, John A. Gordon, Larry J. Hough, Curtis C. Lyon, Charles L. Manes and Lynn B. Rowe.

In 1969 further medals were awarded to NASA engineers Bill B. McClure and Charles J. “Jack” Beverlin, who prevented the collapse and explosion of an Atlas rocket at great risk to their own lives. Medals were also awarded to Herbert W. Grandy in 1970, and to Paul D. Sebesta in 1974.

Thirty-eight workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility were awarded this medal for protecting the facility from flooding due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The NASA Exceptional Bravery Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in gold-colored bronze, and measures 3.25 by 1.5 centimeters. The rim is cast in a relief design of a wreath.

On the obverse and across the center is an unrolled banner that reads “N.A.S.A.” Superimposed on the banner is a five-pointed star supported by right hand. The thumb supports one bottom point while the index and middle fingers support the other bottom point. The reverse is engraved at the top of the wreath, “EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY.”

The medal is suspended from a ribbon with a red center stripe, flanked on both sides by a thin light blue stripe, wide dark blue stripe, thin light blue stripe, and sky blue stripe.

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The NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal

NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Medal is awarded for performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects or initiatives.

NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Medal is NASA medal awarded by the United States government to any non-Government individual (or to an individual who was not a Government employee during the period in which the service was performed) for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs, or initiatives.

The criteria for receiving the medal must include all of the following:

  • Sustained performance has made a significant improvement to NASA deliverables, operations, or image;
  • Employee’s record of achievements sets a benchmark for other non-Government contributors to follow; substantial improvement to a NASA program that yielded high-quality results or improvements, and
  • Impact and importance of the employee’s services have made a lasting impact on the success of the Agency.

The NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in bronze, and measures 19.61 mm (or 0.77 inches) in diameter.

The reverse has the engraved inscription: “PUBLIC SERVICE“.

The ribbon is light blue, with wider yellow and thinner white edges.

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The NASA Exceptional Service Medal

The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is an award established in 1959 and granted to government employees for significant sustained performance. 

The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is a NASA award granted to U.S. government employees for significant sustained performance.

This prestigious NASA medal is awarded for unusual initiatives or creative abilities that clearly demonstrates substantial improvement in engineering, aeronautics, space flight, administration, support, or space-related endeavors which contribute to NASA programs.

The medal was inherited by NASA from its predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and featured the NACA emblem.

The NASA Exceptional Service Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in bronze, and measures 38.2 mm in diameter.

The reverse has the engraved inscription: “EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE“.

The ribbon is light blue, with yellow and dark blue thin edges.

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The NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal

The NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal is awarded to individuals who were not Government employees during the accomplishment.

The NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal is United States medal established in 2012 and awarded to individuals who were not Government employees during the period in which the accomplishment was achieved.

The medal given “for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced the NASA Mission.” Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements should demonstrate the individual’s effectiveness in advancing the Agency’s goals and image in the present and future terms.

Leadership excellence must be demonstrated in all of the following areas:

  • Achieving Results / Highly effective in achieving positive results/change: Impact and importance of work achievements toward NASA’s missions and image are a direct result of the individual’s contributions and efforts.
  • Role Model: Consistent and exemplary behavior that models NASA’s core values and promotes these values within the Agency.
  • Leading People: Cooperative collaboration and teamwork across the organizational, directorate, Agency, Government or industry level to accomplish expected results;
  • Influencing Change: Innovative approaches used in the conception, design, or execution of projects, programs, initiatives, and activities (work represents a high degree of creativity or fundamental departure from usual practice).

The NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in bronze gilt, and measures 38.2 mm by 43.7 mm.

The ribbon has stripes of light blue, dark blue and yellow (mirrored).

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