Exceptional Public Achievement Medal

Award

NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal

Type	Medal
Awarded for	"Awarded to any non-Government individual or to any individual who was not a Government employee during the period in which the service was performed. The award is for a significant specific achievement or substantial improvement in operations, efficiency, service, financial savings, science, or technology which contributes to the mission of NASA."^[1]
Country	United States
Presented by	the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Eligibility	Non-government personnel
Status	Active
Established	July 29, 1959^{[citation needed]}

NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Ribbon

The Exceptional Public Achievement Medal is an award of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) established in 1959^{[citation needed]}. It is awarded to any non-Government individual or to any individual who was not a Government employee during the period in which the service was performed. The award is for a significant specific achievement or substantial improvement in operations, efficiency, service, financial savings, science, or technology which contributes to the mission of NASA.

To be awarded the medal, a NASA employee must fulfill the following criteria: work-related achievements yielding high-quality results and/or substantial improvement that supports the Agency mission; innovative approaches used in the conception, design, or execution of the individual's work; and/or impact and importance of the individual's achievement that made a significant contribution that enables NASA to accomplish its mission.^[1]

Notable recipients

National Symphony Conductor Emil de Cou (2012)
June Lockhart (2013)
Bill Prady (2013)^[2]
Stephen Colbert (2015)
Sir Ridley Scott (2016)
Begoña Vila (2016)^[3]
Charles M. Schulz (2023)^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Agency Honor Awards: Exceptional Public Achievement Medal". nasapeople.nasa.gov. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 27 July 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Nasa Agency Honor Awards 2013" (PDF).
^ "La astrofísica viguesa premiada por la NASA, Begoña Vila, visita 'A Revista'" [The Astrophysicist from Vigo Awarded by NASA, Begoña Vila, visits 'A Revista']. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Vigo. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^ "Jean Schulz awarded NASA medal for sending Snoopy to the moon". April 7, 2023.