NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
TypeMedal
CountryUnited States
Presented bythe National Aeronautics and Space Administration
EligibilityGovernment employees and non-government personnel
StatusActive
EstablishedSeptember 15, 1961
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher)Exceptional Achievement Medal
Exceptional Service Medal
Outstanding Service Medal (obsolete)
EquivalentExceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal
Exceptional Administrative Achievement Medal
Equal Employment Opportunity Medal
Next (lower)Exceptional Bravery Medal

The NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (abbreviated ESAM) was established by NASA on September 15, 1961, when the original ESM was divided into three separate awards. Under the current guidelines, the ESAM is awarded for unusually significant scientific contribution toward achievement of aeronautical or space exploration goals. This award may be given for individual efforts that have resulted in a contribution of fundamental importance in this field, or have significantly enhanced understanding of this field.[1]

Recipients (incomplete list)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal", webpage of the Orders and Medals Society of America. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
  2. ^ The Tennessean, Nashville, TN. Sunday, 28 Sep 2014
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  10. ^ "NASA Honor Awards Presented at JPL" (Press release). Pasadena, California: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 1985-12-05. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  11. ^ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (October 11, 1995). "MIT's Mario Molina wins Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovery of ozone depletion". Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  12. ^ "Inez FUNG". Our Environment at Berkeley. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  13. ^ J. Harvey Curriculum Vitae, webpage retrieved November 15, 2007.
  14. ^ "NASA Funds Development of Destiny: The Dark Energy Space Telescope". National Optical Astronomy Observatory. August 3, 2006 – via SpaceRef Interactive.
  15. ^ "Awards Won – Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory – 614". science.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  16. ^ "NASA Bestows Honors on UA Phoenix Mars Mission Members". UANews.org. 2010-06-15. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-31.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ "Awards Won – Solar System Exploration Division – 690". science.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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  19. ^ "Awards Won – Space Weather Laboratory – 674". science.gsfc.nasa.gov.
  20. ^ "NASA Honor Awards Ceremony" (PDF).
  21. ^ "Astrobiologist John Baross Receives NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal". NASA Atsrobiology News.
  22. ^ "Astrobiologist John Baross Receives NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal". NASA Atsrobiology News.

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