Henry Hartsfield - Special Honors

Special Honors

  • Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
  • General Thomas D. White Space Trophy for 1973 (1974)
  • Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame (1983)
  • Distinguished Civilian Service Award (DOD) (1982)
  • NASA Distinguished Service Medals (1982,1988)
  • NASA Space Flight Medals (1982, 1984, 1985)
  • NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1988)
  • Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Auburn University (1986)
  • Inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (2006).

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