Peggy Whitson - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2006)
  • NASA Space Flight Medal (2002)
  • Patents awarded (1997, 1998)
  • Group Achievement Award for Shuttle-Mir Program (1996)
  • American Astronautical Society Randolph Lovelace II Award (1995)
  • NASA Tech Brief Award (1995)
  • NASA Space Act Board Award (1995, 1998)
  • NASA Silver Snoopy Award (1995)
  • NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1995, 2003, 2006)
  • NASA Space Act Award for Patent Application
  • NASA Certificate of Commendation (1994)
  • NASA Sustained Superior Performance Award (1990)
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russia, 12 April 2011) - for outstanding contribution to the development of international cooperation in manned space flight
  • Krug International Merit Award (1989)
  • NASA-JSC National Research Council Resident Research Associate (1986–1988)
  • Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship (1985–1986)
  • Robert A. Welch Predoctoral Fellowship (1982–1985)
  • Summa Cum Laude from Iowa Wesleyan College (1981)
  • President's Honor Roll (1978–81)
  • Orange van Calhoun Scholarship (1980)
  • State of Iowa Scholar (1979)
  • Academic Excellence Award (1978)

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