Congressional Space Medal of Honor

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United States decoration civilian award

The Congressional Space Medal of Honor is a prestigious United States civilian award presented to astronauts for exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the nation's space programs.

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Label	Occurrences
Congressional Space Medal of Honor canonical	40

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States decoration ⓘ civilian award ⓘ
administeredBy	NASA ⓘ
approvalRequiredFrom	President of the United States ⓘ
awardedFor	exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind in the field of space exploration ⓘ
awardedTo	Alan Shepard ⓘ Buzz Aldrin ⓘ Christa McAuliffe ⓘ David M. Brown ⓘ Edward White ⓘ surface form: Edward H. White II Ellison Onizuka ⓘ Francis R. Scobee ⓘ Gregory Jarvis ⓘ Gus Grissom ⓘ Ilan Ramon ⓘ John Glenn ⓘ Judith Resnik ⓘ surface form: Judith A. Resnik Kalpana Chawla ⓘ Laurel B. Clark ⓘ Michael Collins ⓘ Michael J. Smith ⓘ Michael P. Anderson ⓘ Neil A. Armstrong ⓘ surface form: Neil Armstrong Rick D. Husband ⓘ Roger B. Chaffee ⓘ Ronald McNair ⓘ Gus Grissom ⓘ surface form: Virgil I. Grissom William C. McCool ⓘ other selected NASA astronauts ⓘ
awardingBody	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
awardingFrequency	rare ⓘ
ceremonyLocation	various locations in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEstablished	1969-09-29 ⓘ
designFeature	astronaut symbol ⓘ spacecraft imagery ⓘ
eligibility	NASA astronauts ⓘ NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ surface form: United States astronauts
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
field	space exploration ⓘ
firstAwarded	1978 ⓘ
isNot	Medal of Honor ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
legalBasis	Public Law 91-76 ⓘ
mayBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
namedAfter	United States Congress ⓘ
presentedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
rank	one of the highest civilian awards of the United States related to space ⓘ
relatedTo	NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
ribbonColor	predominantly blue ⓘ
scope	civilian ⓘ national ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
symbolizes	national recognition of extraordinary spaceflight achievement ⓘ
type	space exploration award ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neil A. Armstrong → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

NASA Distinguished Service Medal → higherAward → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Shannon Lucid → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Christa McAuliffe → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Francis R. Scobee → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Ronald McNair → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Michael J. Smith → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Ellison Onizuka → honor → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Ellison Onizuka → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Judith Resnik → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

John Glenn → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Frank Borman → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Edward White → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Jim Lovell → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

William C. McCool → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Kalpana Chawla → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Fred Haise → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Jack Swigert → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Rick D. Husband → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Laurel B. Clark → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Michael P. Anderson → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

David M. Brown → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Alan Shepard → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Gus Grissom → awarded → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Gregory Jarvis → honor → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Christa → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

subject surface form: Christa McAuliffe

Public Law 91-76 → establishes → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Public Law 91-76 → relatedTo → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Roger B. Chaffee → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Sharon → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

subject surface form: Sharon Christa McAuliffe

Robert L. Crippen → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

John W. Young → awarded → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Charles Conrad → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Pete Conrad → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

Thomas Patten Stafford → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

John Young → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

McCool → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

subject surface form: William C. McCool

Michael Phillip Anderson → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ

William Cameron McCool → awardReceived → Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ