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Rotary National Award for Space Achievement

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Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison2013 National Space Trophy Recipient

The Rotary National AwardforSpaceAchievement (RNASA)Foundation’s Board of Advisorsvoted to present formerUnitedStatesSenatorKayBaileyHutchi-sonwiththe2013NationalSpaceTrophy. Lockheed Martin Space Sys-tems Company Executive VicePresidentJoanneMaguirenomi-natedHutchisonasa“longstand-ing championofNASA andDoDspaceprograms”andrecognized

herbi-partisanleadershipensuringpassageofthe2010NASAAuthorizationActestablishingaframeworkforfu-turehumanexploration.MaguirewentontociteHutchi-son’sdedicationtoeducationexcellence,herpromotionofscienceresearchonboardtheInternationalSpaceSta-tion,andhereffortstosupporttheOrionMulti-PurposeCrewVehicle,theSpaceLaunchSystem,andcommercialspacetransportation.

Deep Texas Roots

KathrynAnnBaileywasbornintoafamilywithdeepTexasroots.Hergreat-great-grandfather,CharlesS.Tay-lor,wasoneofTexas’earliestsettlersandsignedtheTex-asDeclarationof Independence in1836.KaywasborninGalveston, Texas and grewup in nearby LaMarquewithherparents,KathrynandAllanBailey, Jr.,andhertwobrothers,AllanandFrank.Shestudiedballetfor12years,gotgoodgradesinschool,becameacheerleader,andwaspromqueenofherhighschoolclass. Shegraduated fromtheUniversityofTexasatAus-tinwithabachelorofartsdegree.ShewasoneofonlysevenwomeninherclasswhensheearnedherJ.D.fromthe University of Texas LawSchoolin1967. Houston law firms werereluctanttohirewomenbackthen, so the new graduatetook a job with KPRC (NBC)television in Houston cover-ing local courts and politics,andalsogotherfirstintroduc-tiontospace.ShetoldRNASAthat,“I’vebeencaptivatedbyspaceexplorationsinceIwasayoungtelevisionreporterin

HoustoncoveringtheheroicsoftheApollo11astronautsandtheMoonlandingin1969.” HavingmetAnneArmstrong,co-chairoftheRepub-lican National Com-mittee, via an inter-view in 1971, KayBailey lefttelevisiontobecomeherpresssecretary. She thenran for the TexasHouse of Represen-tatives and won aseatin1972,thefirstRepublican womanelectedtothatbody.She served in theTexas House until1976whenshewasappointedbyPresidentGeraldFordtoserveasvice-chairmanoftheNationalTransportationSafetyBoardfrom1976-78. After losing a close race for theU.S. House of Rep-resentativesin1982,HutchisonleftpoliticstobecomeabankexecutiveandrunacandycompanyinDallas.Then,withKarlRoveashercampaignmanager,shewaselectedTexasstatetreasurerin1990.

First Woman Senator from Texas

InaspecialelectiontofillthelasttwoyearsofLloydBen-son’s term in1993,Hutchisonbecame thefirstwomanelected to representTexas in theUnitedStatesSenate,andoneofonlysevenwomenservingatthattime.Shewaselectedthenextyeartoasix-year-term. In1999,shesuccessfullyrestoredanearlybillion-dol-larcuttoNASAthatshecomparedto“theequivalentofstoppingthetranscontinentalrailroadinNebraskainsteadofCalifornia.”TheNationalSpaceSocietyrecognizedherwithaSpacePioneerAward.Inheracceptance,shesaid,“Spaceismorethanthefinalfrontier.Itisabillionfron-tiers.Spacehasendlessopportunitiesforexplorers,en-trepreneurs,andinventors.ThepioneerspirithastakenAmericahighand far sinceAlanShepardwas launchedintoorbit.Wewill keep theUnited Statesnumberoneinspace.Inthismillenniumwhoevercontrolsspacecon-trolsthefuture.ThatmustalwaysbeAmerica.” The people of Texas reelected her to the Senate in2000witharecordof fourmillionvotes,themosteverforanystatewidecandidate.

Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison

(Photo by Gittings)

Kay Bailey was a reporter for KPRC

(NBC) from 1967-71. (Hutchison photo)

Kay Bailey with parents, Allan and Kathryn, and President Ford

in 1976. (Hutchison photo)

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Hutchison was elect-ed Senate Republi-canPolicyCommitteeChairman,makingherthefourth-rankingRe-publicanleaderintheSenate. ExercisingstrongleadershipontheSen-ate Commerce Com-mittee’s Science andSpace Subcommittee,Hutchisonworkedwith

NASAandtheNationalScienceFoundationonbehalfofAmerica’sspaceandscienceprograms.ShehelpedTexasestablishthenonprofitAcademyofMedicine,Engineer-ing,andScienceofTexas(TAMEST)in2004torecognizethestate’stopachieversinthesefields.TAMEST’ssuccesshasbroughtfederalinvestmentstoTexasinstitutionsandestablished the state as an important destination andcenterofachievementinthesefields.Duetothesuccessof this program, ten Nobel Laureates and hundreds ofNational Academymembers now call Texas institutionshome. In2005,asthenewChairoftheSenateScienceandSpace Subcommittee, theSenator led the prepara-tion of the first NASA Au-thorizationbillinfiveyears.That legislation providedthe policy guidance outlin-ingNASA’sexplorationandresearch future and wassigned into law by Presi-dent GeorgeW. Bush. Thebill included designatingtheInternationalSpaceSta-tion(ISS)asaNationalLab-oratory. Her support andthis designation has pavedthewayforgroundbreakingresearch among non-NASAgovernment agencies, uni-versities, and the privatesectoraboardtheISS. Asathree-termvicechairmanoftheSenateRepubli-canConference,Forbesmagazinenamedheroneofthe100mostpowerfulwomenintheworld.HutchisonwasreelectedtotheSenatein2006byanoverwhelmingmar-

gin.ShecontinuedastheseniorRepublicanmemberoftheScienceandSpaceSubcommitteeoftheCommerceCommittee. Shealso servedasamemberof theCom-merce,JusticeandScienceSubcommitteeoftheAppro-priationsCommittee,whichincludedNASAfundingjuris-diction.In2008,sheledtheRepublicanefforttodevelopa second successiveNASA Authorizationbill, continuing andexpanding the poli-cies established bythe2005legislation. As the senior Re-publican on the fullSenate CommerceCommittee in 2010,and theRankingRe-publicanontheCom-merce, Justice andScience Appropria-tions Subcommittee,Hutchison was in-strumentalinforgingathird,andperhapsmostinfluential,NASAreauthoriza-tionbillwhich broke a space policy deadlock betweenCongressandtheWhiteHouse.ItprovideddirectionforfutureNASAexplorationmissions,supportforcommer-cialspacedevelopment,andauthorizedfundsforanad-ditionalshuttlemissiontoensureadequatesuppliesandpartsforISSwhileawaitingthestartofcommercialcargoresupply. Hutchison’s commitment to educational excellencewas also evident during her final term in the senatethroughherworkonprogramssuchastheAmericaCOM-PETESActwhichbecamelawin2007.TheActinvestsinthedevelopmentofscience,technology,engineeringandmathematics (STEM) education, andprepares studentsforfuturecareersinaerospace. Hutchison retired from the Senate after nearly 20years and is now a senior counselwith theDallas lawfirm,Bracewell&Giuliani,LLP,andontheBankofAmeri-ca’sGlobalAdvisoryCouncil.Hutchisonandherhusband,Ray, live inDallaswith their daughter, Bailey, and son,Houston. “Apioneerthroughouthercareer,SenatorHutchisonreflectsthespiritofexplorationanddiscoverythatchar-acterizes America’s space program,” Maguire wrote inhernomination.TheRNASAFoundationisproudtorec-ognizeherenthusiasticandcriticalsupportofspacewiththeNationalSpaceTrophy.

Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison2013 National Space Trophy Recipient

Ray and Kay Hutchison and her mother celebrate her elec-

tion to the senate in 1993. (Hutchison photo)

“Senator Mom” with Houston and Bailey, 2005.

(Hutchison photo)

Hutchison welcomes home the STS-114 crew in 2005. Seated behind her are Mike Griffin, Eileen Collins, James Kelly, Soichi Noguchi, and Steve Robinson. (NASA photo)

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Captain Eugene A. Cernan USN (Ret.)2013 National Space Trophy Presenter

Gemini andApollo Astronaut Cap-tainEugeneA.Cernan,USN(Ret.),willpresentthe 2013 Rotary Na-tionalAwardforSpaceAchievement (RNASA)to the Honorable KayBaileyHutchison. When askedif he would presentthe National SpaceTrophy to her, Cernanresponded enthusias-tically. He said, “I am

sincerelyhonoredtohavetheopportunitytointroduceadearfriend,onewhomIadmireandrespect,SenatorKayBaileyHutchison,atthe2013RotaryNationalAwardforSpaceAchievement.” Headdedthat,“SenatorKayBaileyHutchisoniscer-tainlyoneofthemostdeservingofthosewhohaveeverreceivedtheRotaryNationalSpaceTrophy,”Cernansaid.“ThroughouthercareerintheU.S.Senate,shehasbeenadevotedandpassionatesupporterofournation’sspaceprogram.SenatorHutchisoncontinuestobeastrongad-vocate,inhopesofAmericaregainingourpreeminenceintheworld,thusinspiringthedreamersoftomorrow.” AmemberoftheRNASAFoundation’sBoardofAd-visors that selects the National Space Trophy winnereachyear,Cernanwashonoredwiththeawardin2008for“outstandingachievementsasanastronaut,secondAmericantowalkinspace,crewmemberonthesecondflight to theMoon, commanderof the last landingontheMoon,andasanadvocateforspaceexplorationandeducation.” Cernanwas born in Chicago, Illinois, onMarch 14,1934.HegraduatedfromProvisoTownshipHighSchoolinMaywood,Illinois,andreceivedaBSinElectricalEn-gineering fromPurdueUniversity inLafayette, Indiana,in1956.HeearnedaMSinAeronauticalEngineeringin1963fromtheUnitedStatesNavalPostGraduateSchoolinMonterey,California. Cernanwasoneof fourteenastronautsselectedbyNASA in October 1963. He was the pilot of Gemini 9whichlaunchedonJune3,1966.Duringthis3-dayflightcommandedbyTomStafford,Cernanbecame thesec-ondAmericantowalkinspace.

CernanwaslunarmodulepilotofApollo10,launch-ingonMay18,1969,withThomasP.Stafford,thecom-mander,andJohnW.Young,thecommandmodulepilot.TheLunarModule,Snoopy,camewithineightmilesofthelunarsurface. HemadehisthirdspaceflightascommanderofApol-lo17—thelastmissiontothemoonfortheUnitedStatesin the 20th century. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17wasthefirstnight-timelaunchoftheAmericanprogram.Ronald Evans was the pilot of the command moduleAmerica,andthepilotofthelunarmodule,Challenger,wasHarrisonH.Schmitt.CernanandSchmittspentmorethanthreedaysonthelunarsurfaceintheTaurus-Littrowarea.Apollo17endedwithasplashdowninthePacificOceanapproximately0.4milesfromthetargetpointand4.3milesfromtheprimerecoveryshipUSSTICONDERO-GAonDecember19,1972. At theconclusionofApollo17,CaptainCernanhadlogged 566 hours and 15 minutes in space—of whichmore than 75 hourswere spent on the surface of themoon. AfterservingtwentyyearsasaNavalAviator,CaptainCernanretiredfromtheUnitedStatesNavyinJuly1976andconcurrentlyterminatedhisformalassociationwithNASA. From 1976 to 1981, Captain Cernan served as theExecutiveVicePresident, International, andDirectorofCoral Petroleum, Inc. Hewas chargedwith the corpo-ratedevelopmentofaworld-widesupplyandmarketingstrategy.Duringthisperiod,CaptainCernanfurtheredhiseducationattheWhartonSchoolofFinanceandNorth-westernUniversity.St.Martin’sPresspublishedhisauto-biography,TheLastManontheMoon,in1999. Heresideswithhiswife,JanNannaCernan,inHous-ton,Texas. Theyhave threedaughtersandninegrand-children. His hobbies include a love for horses and allcompetitive sports activities, including hunting, fishing

andhispassionforflying.

Eugene Cernan (RNASA Image)

Apollo 17 Com-mander Eugene Cernan on the lunar surface, December 1972. (NASA photo)


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Veronica McGregor Space Communicator Award Recipient

The RNASA Founda-tionishappytorecognizeVeronica McGregor witha Space CommunicatorAward this year, thefirstsince 2008. The award,created in1997 inhonorof space reporter andRNASA Advisor StephenGauvain(1946-96),ispre-sentedtoanindividualorteam that makes excep-tional contributions topublicunderstandingand

appreciationofspaceexploration. AsthemanagerofNewsandSocialMediaatNASA’sJetPropulsionLaboratory (JPL) inPasadena,California,McGregorleadsallmajormediacampaignsformissionsincludingtheMarsExplorationRoverlandings,DeepIm-pactmissiontoacomet,CassinimissionatSaturn,MarsCuriosityRoverlanding,andmanyothers. The award citation reads, “For more than twentyyears as amanager atNASA/JPL and as a producer atCNN,VeronicaMcGregor has been in the vanguard ofsharingthestoryofspaceexplorationwithaworldwideaudience.” McGregor said, “I’mhumbled to receive thishonorfromRNASA and join the groupof previous recipientswhohavedonesomuchtocommunicatetheexcitementofspaceexplorationtothepublic.” Using socialmedia platforms such as Twitter, Face-book,YouTubeandUstream.tv,McGregorhasbeenre-sponsiblefordeliveringNASAcontenttowideraudienc-esthaneverbefore.In2008,shecreated@MarsPhoenixonTwitterwhichbecamethe5thmostfollowedaccountduring that summer. In 2009, she createdNASA’s first“Tweetup”atJPLwhichhasbeenreplicatedinto50simi-lareventsnowdubbed“NASASocials.”Theeventsareheldacrossthecountrytobringthepublic“behindthescenes”towitnessaNASAmissionorlaunch. Again in 2009, McGregor created NASA’s first Us-tream.tv channel to enable viewers to ask questionsdirectly tomission scientists and engineers during livestreamingevents.In2010,sheimplemented“CuriosityCam,”alivestreamingwebcamthatbroadcastthecon-structionof theMars rover from inside the JPLSpace-craft Assembly Facility. The live stream included daily

chatsessionsandresultedin4.5millionviewsbetweenOctober2010andJune2011. CuriosityCamcontinued tobroadcast all events re-latedtothemission,includinglaunch,landing,andpressconferences.OverthreemillionuniqueviewerswatchedCuriositylandingcommentaryliveonUstreaminAugust2012.“Theelationoflandingwasn’tconfinedtoourmis-sioncontrol,”McGregorsaid.“Bystreaminglivetosocialmediaplatforms,peopleworldwidewerewatching thelanding online, chatting about it with each other, andsharingtheirexcitementwithfriendsandfollowers.” From1986untilshejoinedNASAinNovember2001,McGregorworked forCNNcoveringmajor stories suchasthePathfindermissionlandingonMarsandtheMarsPolarLander.OtherhighprofilestoriesincludedtheSanFranciscoearthquake,theRodneyKingtrial,OJSimpsontrialsandthe2000presidentialelectionFloridarecount. McGregorearnedherbachelor’sdegreeincommuni-cationstudiesfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAn-gelesin1990. McGregoristherecipientofnumerousawardsinclud-ingJPL’sExplorerAwardforStrategicLeadershipin2008,boththeNASAHonorAwardforSocialMediaDevelop-mentandtheNASAExceptionalAchievementMedal in2010,theSouthbySouthwestInteractiveAwardforBestSocialMediaCampaign in2013, and tonight, the2013RNASASpaceCommunicatorAward. Forbes magazine listed McGregor in 2010 as oneof the “20 InspiringWomen to FollowonTwitter.”Hercurrentwork as part ofwhat she calls the “hivemind”behind the@MarsCuriosity roverhasbeen featured inMashable,TheDailyBeast,NBC,CNET,andothers.She’s

currentlytweetingas@AsteroidWatch, @NASAJPL, @MarsCu-riosity,@MarsRoversandthroughherper-sonal account @Ve-ronicaMcG. Thanksfor following us @RNASAFoundation!

Veronica McGregor (NASA/JPL photo)

McGregor poses with the Curios-ity rover in 2012. (NASA/JPL photo)


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Miles O’BrienSpace Communicator Award Presenter

RNASA Advi-sor and 2002 SpaceCommunicator win-ner, Miles O’Brien, ispresenting this year’sSpace Communica-torAward toVeronicaMcGregor.Hesaid, “Itis not an understate-ment to say she hasledNASA into theageofsocialmedia.Sheisnotahouseholdname,but shehasmade thenames “Phoenix” and“Curiosity” familiarto millions of people.By finding novel waysto share the passion,excitement and per-sonalitiesbehindthesebold missions, she is

bringingmanymorefansintoourspacetent.” O’Brienisaveteran,independentjournalistwhofo-cusesonscience, technologyandaerospace.He is thescience correspondent for PBS NewsHour, a producerand director for the PBS science documentary seriesNOVA,acorrespondentforthePBSdocumentaryseriesFRONTLINE,andthechiefcorrespondentfortheNation-alScienceFoundationScienceNationseries. BornandraisedinDetroit,Michigan,heearnedahis-torydegreefromGeorgetownandbeganhisbroadcast-ingcareerin1982inWashington,DC.Hewasareporterand anchor at TV stations in Boston, Massachusetts;Tampa,Florida;Albany,NewYork;andSt.Joseph,Mis-souri.O’BrienjoinedCNNin1992. While with CNN in Atlanta and New York, O’BrienservedasCNN’sscience,space,aviationtechnology,andenvironmentcorrespondent.Heanchoredprogramsin-cluding Science and TechnologyWeek, HeadlineNewsPrimetime,andCNNAmericanMorning. O’Brienhascoveredallaspectsofspaceincludingre-portsontheHubbleSpaceTelescope,theshuttledock-ingsatMir,thefirstspacestation launchfromKazakh-stan, John Glenn’s return to space, landings onMars,thewinningoftheAnsariX-Prize,andthetragiclossofColumbiaanditscrew,astoryhetoldtotheworldina

16-hourmarathonoflivecoverage.Afteryearsofnego-tiations,NASAhadsignedanagreementwithCNNthat,ifnotforthedisaster,wouldhavemadeO’Brienthefirstjournalisttoflyonaspaceshuttle.O’Brienfollowedtheinvestigationandsuccessfulreturntoflight.HeleftCNNinDecember2008. A third-generation pilot with an instrument rating,O’BrienownsaCirrusSR-22andoftenpilotshisairplaneto assignments.He is often called upon to explain theworldofaviationtoamassaudienceandhasreportedex-tensivelyoncivilaviationissuesandcrashinvestigations.HehasdonefourdocumentariesforPBSontransporta-tion and infrastructure issued for theWNET BlueprintAmerica project, and one forWGBH Frontline: “FlyingCheap,”focusedonthecrashofContinentalFlight3407andsafetyconcernssurroundingtheriseofregionalair-lines. O’Brienhaswonnumerousawardsovertheyears,in-cludingahalf-dozenEmmys,andaPeabodyandDuPontforhiscoverageofHurricaneKatrinaanditsaftermath. CurrentlyresidinginWashington,DC,heistheproudfatherofasonattheU.S.NavalAcademyandadaughteratDavidsonCollegeinNorthCarolina.

Miles O’Brien (RNASA Image, 2011)

Former astronauts Robert Crippen (left) and Leroy Chaio (right) join O’Brien covering STS-135 for SpaceflightNow.com. (Photo by Xeni Jardin)


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Elliot PulhamEmcee

TheRNASA Founda-tion is pleased to haveElliot H. Pulham returnthis year as the emceefor our awards gala.He is the chief execu-tiveofficeroftheSpaceFoundation, a globallyrespected nonprofitorganization whosemission is “to advancespace-related endeav-ors to inspire, enableandpropelhumanity.” WithheadquartersinColorado Springs, the Space FoundationpublishesThe Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity and provides three indexes that track dailyU.S. stock market performance of the space industry.ThroughtheirSpaceCertificationandSpaceTechnologyHallofFameprograms,theSpaceFoundationrecogniz-esspace-basedtechnologiesandinnovationsthathavebeenadaptedtoimprovelifeonEarth.TheSpaceFoun-dationoffers abroad rangeof space-relatedprogramsandcontestsforK-12,undergraduatestudents,graduatestudents,andeducators. TheSpaceFoundationisperhapsbestknownasthehostoftheannualNationalSpaceSymposium.The29thSpaceSymposium,heldearlier thismonth inColoradoSprings,hadasold-outexhibitareaandattractedmorethan 9,000 people involved in the public, private, andmilitaryspacefields,aswellasstudentsandeducators. Thewinnerofthe2003RNASASpaceCommunicatorAward,Pulhamhasalonghistorycommunicatingaboutspace.HisfirstjobwaswithaHonolulunewspaperinhisnativeHawaiiwherehefollowedspaceprojects.HeleftHawaii towork for the spacepartof theBoeingCom-panyinSeattle,Washington. From1988to1998,Pulhamwasseniormanagerofpublicrelations,employeecommunicationandadvertis-ingforallofBoeing’sspaceprograms.HeservedasthedirectorofcorporatecommunicationfortheBoeingEm-ployeesGoodNeighborFund—aunitedgivingcampaignthatraised$18millioninasingleyearforhealthandhu-manserviceagencies. PulhammovedtoHuntsville,AlabamawhenBoeingwasputinchargeoftheSpaceStationWorkPackages.

In1993,fundingfortheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS)passedCongressbyjustonevote.Tobuildsupport,Pul-hamledagrassrootscampaignthatresultedinthousandsof lettersmailed to Congress frompeople all over thecountrytoutingtheimportanceofkeepingtheprogramsold.ThecampaignresultedinISSpassingCongressbya2to1votethenextyear.Pulham’sleadershipearnedhimthecovetedSilverAnvilAwardfromthePublicRelationsSocietyofAmerica—theprofession’shighesthonor. Continuing with Boeing back in Seattle, from 1995to ‘97 Pulham served as deputy chairman, then chair-man,oftheSpaceAwarenessAlliance.Thiscoalitionof30corporationsandnon-profitorganizationsconductednational public affairs activities on behalf of America’sspaceprograms.HewasaspokespersonattheKennedySpaceCenterformanyinterplanetarymissionsincludingMagellantoVenus,GalileotoJupiter,andUlysseswhichflewpastJupitertoreachapolarorbittostudythesun. Pulham joined the Space Foundation in ColoradoSprings in1998.HeservedasExecutiveVicePresident,leadingtheSpaceFoundation’spublicaffairs,customerrelations,corporatedevelopment,communicationsandmarketingteamsbeforebecomingchiefexecutiveofficer,his currentposition, in2001.His leadership is creditedwithmorethandoublingtheattendanceoftheNationalSpaceSymposiumandthefoundingofnumerouseduca-tionalprograms. Pulham is chairman of the Hawaii Aerospace Ad-visoryCommitteeand serveson theeditorial boardofNewSpaceJournal(www.newspacejournal.com).HeisaformerAirForcecivicleaderandadvisortothechiefofstaffandsecretaryoftheAirForce,andarecipientoftheUSAFDistinguishedPublicServiceMedal.

A resident ofColorado Springs, Pul-ham enjoys skiing, mo-torcycling, hiking, andcampingintheColoradoRockies with his wife,Cynthia, and son, Wil-liam.

Elliot Pulham (Space Foundation Photo)

Pulham was emcee for RNASA in 2012. (NASA photo)

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Captain Michael J. ForemanStellar Award Presenter

The RNASAFoundation appre-ciates Capt. Mi-chael J. Foreman,USN(Ret.)present-ing Stellar Awardsthisyear.Aveteranoffivespacewalks,Foreman flew onSTS-123 in March2008 and STS-129inNovember2009.He’scurrentlythechiefoftheSafetyBranchoftheAstronautOffice. ForemanwasborninColumbusinMarch1957,butconsidersWadsworth,Ohiohishometown.HereceivedaBSdegreeinaerospaceengineeringfromtheU.S.Na-valAcademyin1979. ForemanbecameaNavalAviator in January1981,assignedtoPatrolSquadronTwenty-ThreeatNavalAirStation(NAS)Brunswick,Maine.Hemadedeploymentsto Rota, Spain; Lajes, Azores; Bermuda and Panama.Following this tour, he attended the U.S. Naval Post-graduate School inMonterey, CAwhere he earned aMSdegreewithdistinctioninaeronauticalengineeringin1986.ForemanconductedhisthesisresearchattheNASAAmesinMountainview,CA. Aftergraduating,Foremanwasassignedastheassis-tantairoperationsofficeronUSSCORALSEA(CV-43)inNorfolk,Virginia.HeflewasanE-2pilotwithVAW-120andVAW-127.HemovedtoNASPatuxentRiver,Mary-landuponselectiontotheU.S.NavalTestPilotSchool(USNTPS)in1989.InJune1990,hegraduatedandwasassignedtotheForceWarfareAircraftTestDirectorate.Hewasreassigned in1991asanoperationsofficeratUSNTPSandinstructedintheF-18,P-3,T-2,T-38,U-21,U-6andX-26glider. In 1993, Foreman was assigned to the Naval AirSystemsCommandinCrystalCity,Virginia,firstasthedeputy,andthenastheclassdesk(chiefengineer)of-ficer for the T-45GoshawkAircraft Program.He thenreturnedtoNASPatuxentRiver,thistimeasthemilitarydirectorfortheResearchandEngineeringGroupoftheNavalAirWarfareCenterAircraftDivision.HewasalsoassignedastheNavyliaisontoNASA’sAdvancedOrbit-erCockpitProjectattheJohnsonSpaceCenter(JSC). Foremanwas the technical lead for theAdvancedOrbiterCockpitProjectteamwhenhewasselectedas

anastronautinJune1998.HeworkedintheAstronautSpaceStationBranchandbecamedeputyoftheSpaceShuttleBranchwhile servingasa liaisonbetween JSCandtheKennedySpaceCenter. His first space flight was STS-123 on Endeavourwhich launchedon thenightofMarch11,2008.This25thspacestationassemblymissiondeliveredtheJap-aneseKibomodule,theCanadianDextreroboticarm,and tookGarrettReisman to replace Léopold Eyhartsonthespacestation.Foremanperformedthreespace-walksthatincludedinstallationofKiboandDextre,re-placingapowercontrolmodule,testingatilerepairkit,andmountingtheMISSE6experiment.STS-123landedonMarch26,2008. Foreman’ssecondflightwasthe31stshuttleflighttothestation,STS-129.AtlantislaunchedonNovember16,2009anddeliveredtwoExpressLogisticsCarriers,30,000poundsofparts,andwasthelastshuttleflighttoreturnastationastronaut,NicoleStott.Foremandidtwospacewalks that included installationofantennasandbracketsontheUnitynode,Columbusmodule,andtruss.STS-129missionlandedonThanksgivingweekendatKSC.FromJune2010toMay2011,ForemanservedaschiefofExternalProgramsatGlennResearchCenter,Ohio. Foreman has been recognized with the Legion ofMerit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritori-ousServiceMedal,NavyCommendationMedal,NavyAchievementMedalandvariousotherawards.HelefttheNavyinJune2009. ForemanismarriedtotheformerLorrieDancerofOklahomaCity.Theyhavethreechildren.Heenjoysgolf,homerepair/improvement,workingout,andspendingtimewithhisfamily.

Captain Michael J. Foreman (NASA Photo)

Foreman was a Mission Specialist on STS-129. (NASA photo)

Nicole StottStellar Award Presenter

The RNASA FoundationwelcomesNicole PassonnoStottasaStellarAwardpre-senterthisevening.Sheflewto the International SpaceStation (ISS) on STS-128 inAugust2009andservedasa member of the Expedi-tions 20 and 21 crews be-forereturningonSTS-129inNovemberofthatyear.Shealso flew on STS-133, thelast flight of Space ShuttleDiscoveryin2011. NicolePassonnowasborninAlbany,NewYork,butconsidersClearwater,Floridaherhometown.Sheearnedher BS in aeronautical engineering from Embry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversityin1987andthenwenttoworkasastructuralengineerwithPrattandWhitneyGovern-ment Engines inWest Palm Beach, Florida. She spenta year with the Advanced Engines Group performingstructural analyses of advanced jet engine componentdesigns. In 1988, Stott joined NASA at the Kennedy SpaceCenter (KSC) as an operations engineer in theOrbiterProcessingFacility.SheheldavarietyofpositionswithinNASA Shuttle Processing, including vehicle operationsengineer;NASAconvoycommander;Shuttleflowdirec-torforEndeavour;andorbiterprojectengineerforCo-lumbia. In1992,shealsoearnedanMSinengineeringmanagementfromtheUniversityofCentralFlorida. AspartofKSC’sSpaceStationIntegrationOffice,Sto-ttrelocatedtoHuntingtonBeach,California in1996toserveastheNASAprojectleadfortheISStrusselementsunderconstructionattheBoeingSpaceStationfacility.In1998, she joined the JohnsonSpaceCenter team inHoustonasamemberoftheNASAAircraftOperationsDivision,workingasaflightsimulationengineerontheShuttleTrainingAircraft. Selectedasamissionspecialist in July2000,Stott’sfirstassignmentaftercompletingherastronauttrainingwascrewevaluationsofstationpayloadsfortheAstro-nautOfficeStationOperationsBranch.ShealsoworkedasasupportastronautfortheExpedition10crewandasanISSCapsuleCommunicator. InApril2006,StottwasacrewmemberontheNASAExtreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO)

9missionwhereshe livedandworkedontheAquariusundersearesearchhabitatwithasix-personcrewfor18days,the longestdurationNEEMOmissiontodate.Themissionservedasananalogforfuturelunaroperations—testing advanced space suit design concepts, roboticdevices for surface-basedexploration, constructionandcommunicationtechniques,andadvancedtelemedicinehardwareandtechniques. Inpreparation fora longdurationspaceflight,StottcompletedaRussian language immersionclass inMos-cowandISSsystemstrainingateachoftheinternationalpartnertrainingsitesinRussia,Japan,Germany,andCan-ada. Stott’sfirstflightwasaflightengineeronISSExpedi-tions20and21crews in2009.She launchedtothe ISSon Discovery STS-128 on August 28, 2009. During STS-128,sheperformedonespacewalklasting6hoursand39minutes.Whileon ISS,sheparticipated inthefirstcap-tureof the JapanesecargovehicleHTVand installationoftheColberttreadmillintotheTranquilitymodule.ShereturnedonAtlantiswiththecrewofSTS-129onNovem-ber29,2009afterlogging91daysinspace. Her next spaceflightwas STS-133 from February 24toMarch9,2011.This39thandfinalmissionforSpaceShuttleDiscoverydeliveredthePermanentMultipurposeModule (PMM)and the fourthExpressLogisticsCarrier(ELC-4)withcriticalsparepartsandsupplies.Stottoper-atedtheISSroboticarmfortheunberthandinstallationsoftheELC-4andPMM.ShealsoservedastheonboardEVAcrewmemberfortwospacewalksandasflighten-gineerforentry.The13-daymissionmade202orbitsofEarth. Stotthasbeenrecognizedwithnumeroushonorsin-cluding NASA’s Space Flight, Distinguished Service, andExceptionalAchievementmedals.Amongotherrecogni-tions,shereceivedthe2009EmbryRiddleAeronauticalUniversityAlumniExcellenceAward. Stott is marriedwith one child. Sheenjoys flying, snowskiing, Scuba diving,woodworking, paint-ing,andgardening.

Nicole Stott (NASA Photo)

Stott in a Russian Soyuz at the ISS dur-ing STS-133 in 2011.

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Mayor Annise Parker Welcome Address

The RNASA Foundation ispleased to have the HonorableAnniseD.Parker,mayorofHous-ton,welcomeourgueststhiseve-ning.Upon learningthat formerSenator Kay Bailey HutchisonwouldreceivetheNationalSpaceTrophytonight,Parkersaid,“AsaTexanandasthemayorof‘spacecity,’ I want to personally thankSenatorHutchisonforherleader-

shipinkeepingthespaceprogramstrongandalsoforinvestinginscienceeducationtopreparethenextgen-erationofspaceexplorers.” ParkerisHouston’s61stmayorandoneofonlytwowomentoholdtheCity’shighestelectedoffice.Sheisresponsibleforallaspectsofthegeneralmanagementof the City and for enforcement of all laws and ordi-nances.Despiteherbusyschedule,shehasmadenu-meroustripstoD.C.asanadvocateforJohnsonSpaceCenter’sprograms. ParkerspentsixyearsasaCityCouncilmemberandsix years as City Controller. She is the only person inHoustonhistorytoholdtheofficesofcouncilmember,controllerandmayor.Thisishersecondtermasmayor. UnderParker’smanagement,Houstonhasbecomethe jobgrowthcapitalof thenation.Additionally,hertenurehasalsoincludedRebuildHouston,apay-as-you-go comprehensive street and drainage improvementprogramthatwillprovidejobsforHoustoniansforyearstocome;voterapprovalofa$410publicimprovementbondprogram;creationofanindependentorganizationtooverseetheCity’scrimelaboperationsandtheopen-ingofauniquesoberingcenterforpublic intoxicationcases AnactivememberoftheU.S.ConferenceofMayors,ParkeralsoservesasamemberoftheU.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecuritySecretary’sAdvisoryCouncilandisontheboardsof theTexasEnvironmentalResearchConsortiumandHoustonGalvestonAreaCouncil. A second generation native Houstonian, Parkerearned aBA fromRiceUniversity and spent 20 yearsworkingintheoilandgasindustry. ParkerandherlifepartnerKathyHubbardhavebeentogetherformorethan20yearsandareadvocatesforadoption,withtwoadopteddaughtersandason.

Former NASA Astronaut, SandraH.“Sandy”Magnus,PhD,wasthefeatured speaker at the StellarAwards Luncheon earlier today.SheistheexecutivedirectoroftheAmericanInstituteofAeronauticsandAstronautics,theworld’slarg-esttechnicalsocietydedicatedtothe global aerospace profession,withmorethan35,000membersin79countries.

FromBelleville,Illinois,Magnusearnedaphysicsde-greefromtheMissouriUniversityofScienceandTech-nology in 1986, andamaster’s in electrical engineer-ing in1990.From1986to1991,MagnusworkedasastealthengineerontheNavy’sA-12AttackAircraftforMcDonnellDouglasAircraftCompany.ShereceivedherPhDfromtheSchoolofMaterialsScienceandEngineer-ingatGeorgiaTechin1996. SelectedbyNASAinApril1996,MagnusworkedintheAstronautOfficePayloads/HabitabilitybranchuntilMay 1998when shewas assigned as a “Russian Cru-sader,”travelingtoRussiainsupportofhardwaretest-ingandproductsdevelopment.InAugust2000,shewasCAPCOMfortheInternationalSpaceStation(ISS). STS-112in2002washerfirstflight.This10-dayISSassemblymissiondeliveredtheS-1truss.ShereturnedtotheISSonSTS-126inNovember2008asanExpedi-tion18crewmember.Afterfourandahalfmonthsinspacethatincludedinstallingsystemstoincreasecrewsizetosix,shereturnedonSTS-119inMarch2009.Shethen servedatNASAHeadquarters in theExplorationSystemsMissionDirectorate,workingwiththeinterna-tionalcommunityonISSpayloadsandprocedures. In July 2011, Magnus flew on STS-135, the finalspaceshuttleflight.Asloadmaster,shewasresponsibleforthetransferandreturnthousandsofpoundsofsup-pliesandequipmenttoandfromthestation.AfterSTS-135,shewasthedeputychiefoftheAstronautOfficeuntilleavinginOctober2012. Hermanyawards includeNASA’sSpaceFlight,Dis-tinguishedService,andExceptionalServicemedals;andthe40at40AwardgiventoformercollegiatewomenathletestorecognizetheimpactofTitleIX.Magnusen-joyssoccer,reading,cooking,travel,andisanavidrun-ner.

Annise Parker(NASA Photo)

Sandra Magnus(NASA Photo)

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PROGRAM27thAnnualRotaryNationalAwardforSpaceAchievementGala

Friday,April26,2013HoustonHyattRegencyImperialBallroom

6:00RECEPTION

VictoriaReva-Dorsch,Pianist

7:00WELCOME

RodolfoGonzález,Chairman,RNASAFoundationHonorableAnniseParker,MayorofHouston

PRESENTATION OF THE COLORSClearSpringsHighSchoolJROTC

Cadets:ErynBehne,AmberCarter,ErialMarshall,andDeannaMcFeron

NATIONAL ANTHEMAveryPateWeigand

INVOCATIONDr.DavidFannin,Pastor,NassauBayBaptistChurch

DINNER

8:152012 YEAR-IN-REVIEW FILM

SpaceCityFilms

MASTER OF CEREMONIESElliotPulham,PresidentandCEO,SpaceFoundation

PRESENTATION OF SPACE COMMUNICATOR AWARD to Veronica McGregorMilesO’Brien,PBSNewsHourScienceCorrespondent

PRESENTATION OF STELLAR AWARDSCapt.MichaelJ.Foreman,USN(Ret.),NASAAstronaut

NicoleP.Stott,NASAAstronaut

PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY to Kay Bailey HutchisonCapt.EugeneA.Cernan,USN(Ret.),FormerGemini/ApolloAstronaut

PRESENTATION OF THE OMEGA WATCHLt.Gen.ThomasStafford,USAF(Ret.)

RECOGNITION OF SPONSORS AND CLOSING

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2013 RNASA FOUNDATION

TheRotaryNationalAwardforSpaceAchievement(RNASA)Foundationwas founded in1985toorganizeandcoordinateanannualeventtorecognizeoutstand-ing achievements in space and create greater publicawareness of the benefits of space exploration. Eachyear,theFoundationpresentstheNationalSpaceTro-phy (NST) to an outstanding American (see previouswinnersonpage33)whohasmademajorcontributionstoournation’sspaceprogram. Nominationsaresolicitedeachfall fromleaders ingovernment, industry, and professional organizations.ThewinnerisselectedbyavoteoftheRNASA’sBoardofAdvisors(page34)thatincludescurrentandformerNASA center directors, leaders of aerospace corpora-tions,spacejournalists,andpreviousawardrecipients. Since1989,theRNASAFoundationhasalsorecog-nizedthe“unsungheroes”ofthespaceprogramwithStellar Awards (pages 24-32) for individual and teamachievements. TheRNASAFoundation is anonprofitorganizationgovernedbyaBoardofDirectors,amajorityofwhommustbemembersingoodstandingoftheSpaceCenterRotary(SCR)club.OnethirdofthedirectorsareelectedeachJuneforthree-yeartermsexceptfortheSCRpresi-dentwhoservesforoneyearwhilepresident. TheRNASACommittee(pictured)servestheboardand includes the directors, officers, corporate repre-sentatives,eventcoordinators,anddedicatedRotarianswhohelporganizeandproduceaquality andmemo-rableeveningforoursponsors(page17)andguests. Excessfundsremainingaftereventexpensesaredo-natedtospace-relatededucationalprograms.Lastyear,the proceeds were donated to the NASA AerospaceScholarsPrograminhonorofNSTWinnerMikeCoats.The Aerospace Scholars Program provides thousandsofstudentstheopportunitytoexperiencetheexcitingworkbeingdoneatJohnsonSpaceCenter. TheRNASAFoundation is grateful for theenthusi-asmandsupportitreceivesfromtheaerospaceindus-try, educational organizations,NASA, and theDepart-mentofDefensethatallowsthecontinuedrecognitionofoutstandingachievementsinspaceexploration.

All rows L to R, Back:BobWren,Marcus Havican,JayantRamakrishnan,BillTaylor(ViceChairman),GaryJohnson,TimKroppThird:GeoffAtwater(Treasurer),RodolfoGonzález(Chair-man),MikeHernandez,JoeMayerSecond:ShelleyBaccus,DuaneRoss,FrankPerez,RosalindPerez,PhilipHarris,IreneChanFront:JennyDevolites,MarilynMusial(SCRPresident), MarianneDyson,LindseyCousins,SusanGomezNot pictured:FloydBennett,KippyCaraway,JeffCarr,MaryAlysCherry,JessDavis,StevenFredrickson,Bill Geissler,JacindaGreen,JackLister,DianaNorman,BranelleRodriguez,L.JeanWalker(Secretary),LoriWheaton


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2013 RNASA Stellar Awards Program Evaluation Panel Members

Eachfall,theRNASAFoundationsolicitsStellarAwardnominationsofspace industryworkersandteamsde-servingofspecialrecognition.Thisyear,106individualand29teamnominationswerereceivedinfourcatego-ries(seecitationsonpages24-32).“Eachcompanyandorganizationmayonlynominateaselectfewpeopleorteamsineachcategory,sojustbeingnominatedisquiteanachievement,”notedJenniferDevolites,theRNASAStellarAwardsCommitteechairman.“TheFoundationisproudtobringtheoutstandingworkofallthenomi-neestotheattentionofawidercommunity.” Allnomineesaretreatedtoaninsiders’tourofJohn-sonSpaceCenter(JSC)andanawardsluncheonwithadistinguishedspeaker.Thisyear’sspeakerwasDr.San-draMagnus(seeprofileonpage16).Nomineesreceiveframedcertificatesof recognitionandblueribbonstowearattheeveningbanquetsothatguestscanidentifythemandoffertheircongratulations. ThewinnersoftheStellarAwardsarechosenbyanesteemedpanelofjudgesbasedonwhichaccomplish-mentswillhavethemostimpactonfuturespaceactivi-tiesandthatmeetthecriteriaofrecognizing“unsungheroes.” The winners are announced at the banquetwheretheyreceiveadistinctiveengravedmarble tro-phygenerouslysponsoredthisyearbyATK.

Stellar Awards Evaluation Panel

Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. isa foundingmemberof theRNASABoardofAdvisors, and he hasled the RNASA StellarAwardEvaluationPanelsince1997. Kraft joinedNASA’s predecessor atLangley Field, Virginiain1945andspentfour-teen years testing air-

craft.WhenNASAformedin1958,Kraftwasoneofthe36originalmembersoftheSpaceTaskGroupdevelopingProjectMercury. KraftwasthefirstflightdirectorandledNASAFlightOperationsthroughApollo12.HebecamethedirectorofwhatisnowJohnsonSpaceCenterin1971,playingavitalrole in the successof thefinalApollomissions and thefirstSpaceShuttleflights. Sincehisretirementin1982,hehasservedasaconsul-tantandboardmemberofvariousHoustoncompanies,asdirector-at-largeoftheHoustonChamberofCommerce,andasamemberoftheBoardofVisitorsathisalmamat-er,VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity. Hisbook,FLIGHT:MyLifeInMissionControl,publishedin2001,wasaNewYorkTimesbestseller.Kraftreceivedthe1999NationalSpaceTrophy. In2011,Building30atJSCwasnamedtheChristopherC.KraftJr.MissionControlCenterinhishonor.

Dr. Glynn S. Lunney, isamember of the RNASABoardofAdvisorswhoisservinghistenthyearontheStellarAwardsEvalu-ation Panel. He was the2005NationalSpaceTro-phywinner.Lunney graduated fromthe University of Detroitin 1958. He worked at

what is nowGlenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohioand transferred to Langley in Virginia in 1958. LunneyjoinedtheSpaceTaskGroupin1959andmovedtoHous-tonin1962.HewasaflightdirectorforGeminiandApolloandheadoftheFlightDirector’sOfficestartingin1968.He received an honorary doctorate from theUniversityofScrantonin1971.In1972,LunneybecamemanageroftheApollo-SoyuzTestProject,andmanageroftheApolloSpacecraftOfficestartingin1973.

Lunney served at NASAHeadquarters twice during1976andlaterin1980,firstasdeputyassociateadmin-istrator(AA)forSpaceFlight,andthenasactingAAforSpaceTransportationOperations. In1981,hereturnedtoHoustontomanagetheSpaceShuttleProgram. In1985,LunneyleftNASAandbecamepresidentofRockwell’sSatelliteSystemsDivisioninCalifornia.AfteratouratRockwellSpaceSystemsDivision,hereturnedtoHoustonin1989toleadRockwell’sSpaceOperationsCo.thatbecamepartofUnitedSpaceAlliance(USA)in1995.Lunneywas VP and programmanager of USA’s SpaceFlightOperationsContractuntilhisretirementin1999.

Arnold D. Aldrich is amember of the RNASABoard of Advisors whois serving his fifth yearon the Stellar AwardEvaluationpanel.AldrichjoinedtheSpaceTask Group at LangleyField in 1959 followinggraduation fromNorth-eastern University. He

held a number of key flight operations managementpositionsduring theMercury,Gemini, andApollopro-grams.He served as Skylab deputy programmanager;ApolloSpacecraftProgramOfficedeputymanagerdur-ingtheApolloSoyuzTestProject;OrbiterProjectmanag-erduringdevelopmentofSpaceShuttlesDiscoveryandAtlantis;andSpaceShuttleProgrammanager.Followingthe Challenger accident, Aldrich was appointed direc-toroftheNationalSpaceTransportationSystem(SpaceShuttleProgram)atNASAHeadquarterswhereheledre-coveryandreturn-to-flightefforts.HethenservedasAAforAeronauticsandSpaceTechnologyand,later,AAforSpaceSystemsDevelopment. In1994,AldrichleftNASAandjoinedLockheedMis-siles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California. Hewas vice president, Commercial Space Business De-velopment and then vice president, Strategic Technol-ogyPlanning.WiththemergerofLockheedandMartinMarietta,hebecamedirectorofProgramOperationsatLockheedMartin’sheadquartersinBethesda,Maryland.

Heretiredin2007andisnowanaerospaceconsultant.AldrichhasreceivednumeroushonorsincludingthePres-idential Rank of Distinguished Executive and the NASADistinguishedServiceMedal.

General Kevin P. Chil-ton is amember of theRNASABoardofAdvisorswho joined the StellarAward Evaluation panelthisyear.Theformeras-tronautandcommanderof US Strategic Com-mandreceivedthe2011NationalSpaceTrophy.

AgraduateoftheU.S.AirForce(USAF)PilotTrainingandTestPilotSchools,ChiltonholdsaBS inengineeringscience fromtheUSAFAcad-emyandanMSinmechanicalengineeringfromColumbiaUniversity.HeservedoperationandtestassignmentsintheRF-4,F-4,andF-15priortohisselectionasanastro-nautin1987. ChiltonpilotedthemaidenflightofEndeavouronSTS-49in1992,andtheSpaceRadarLaboratorymission,STS-59, in 1994. In 1996, he commanded STS-76, the thirddocking mission to the Russian Space Station Mir. HeservedasdeputyprogrammanagerfortheInternationalSpaceStationuntilleavingNASAin1998. Chilton served on the Air Force Space CommandStaff, theAir Staff, the Joint Staff, and commanded the9thReconnaissanceWing,8thAirForce,JointFunctionalComponentCommandforSpaceandGlobalStrike,andAirForceSpaceCommand.From2007to2011,hecom-manded theU. S. StrategicCommandoverseeingplansand operations for all U. S. forces conducting strategicdeterrenceandtheDepartmentofDefense’sspaceandcyberspaceoperations.HeretiredfromtheAirForce in2011 and now serves as a director ofOrbital Sciences,Level3,Anadarko,theAerospaceCorporation,andScha-ferCorporation.

Dr. Chris Kraft(RNASA Photo)

Dr. Glynn Lunney(RNASA Photo)

Arnold D. Aldrich(RNASA Photo)

General Kevin Chilton(RNASA Photo)

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Early Career Stellar Nominees

Ms. Erica Marie Abrahamson of UTC Aerospace Systems -Exceptional technical skilland leadership inproject management supporting the Orion environ-mentalcontrolsandlifesupportsystem.

Mr. Jason R. Adam of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center-Outstandingtechnicalexcellenceinthedevel-opment, analysis, and implementation of integratedcrew abort systems for NASA Space Launch Systems(SLS)andCommercialCrewprograms.

Mr. Brian F. Banker of NASA Johnson Space Center - Exceptionalinnovation,technicalexcellence,andlead-ershipthathassubstantiallycontributedtothesuccessofCryoCart,Morpheus,andotherNASAprojects.

Mr. Jayson A. Batenhorst of Jacobs-Excellentperfor-manceandcareerprogressioninsupportingflighthard-wareprojects, including theemergencymaskandad-vancedresistiveexercisedevice.

Mr. David S. Beadle of Lockheed Martin-Superiorper-formance in the development of International SpaceStation(ISS)softwaretoolsforcrewusetosupportdai-ly activityplanning,procedure, and stowagemanage-ment.

Mr. Ryan C. Brodie of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - OutstandingdevelopmentofafracturecontrolplanforhumanspaceflighthardwareontheJ-2Xrocketengine.

Mr. Chris Brown of Barrios-Pioneeringinnovativeso-lutions to critical ISS life support systems,providingasaferenvironment,substantialcrewtimesavings,andanimprovedopportunitytoutilizetheISSasanationallaboratory.

Ms. Theresa M. Castillo of ARES Corporation - Successfuldevelopmentofa“firstofitskind”quantita-tiveriskmodeltocalculatethelikelihoodoffireontheInternationalSpaceStation.

Major Joseph G. Clemmer of U. S. Air Force - Excep-tional early career contributions supporting UnitedStates’ involvement in space as intercontinental bal-listic missile combat crewmember, Global PositioningSystemmissioncommander,instructor,evaluator,flightcommander,andoperationaltesterculminatingasas-sistantoperationsofficeratthe17thTestSquadronatSchrieverAirForceBase(AFB).

Mr. Thomas Jaspero Cognata of MEI Technologies, Inc. - Dedicatedprofessionalismwithproven,exceptionalsup-porttoNASAprograms,andacommitmenttotheNASAcommunity.

Mr. Jacob C. Counts of Boeing -ExemplaryperformanceandleadershipofthesuccessfulInternationalSpaceSta-tionimprovedpayloadEthernethubgatewayproject.

Mr. Sean C. Cupitt of Boeing-Outstandingtechnicalex-pertise in developing launch vehicle dynamicmodelingprocesses and leading development of integrated loadsdesigncriteriafortheNASA/BoeingSLSCoreElementandotherprograms.

Ms. Karen A. Draper of Oceaneering Space Systems - Superiorknowledgeandcommitmenttoexcellenceforallelementsofgovernmentpropertymanagement.

Mr. Zachary B. Drewry of United Space Alliance - Outstanding technical accomplishments and an innova-tivemindsetthatwillbenefitfutureNASAmissionopera-tions.

Mr. Leo Gard of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-Technicalexcellenceandexceptionalleadershipinadvancingspacepowersystems.

Mr. Jeremy S. Gibson of Lockheed Martin-Outstandingcontributions to softwareprojects supporting theNASAJohnsonSpaceCenter(JSC)MissionOperationsDirector-ate.

Mr. Ryan T. Gill of Boeing-Exceptionalhardwaredeliveryrecord, daily project management mentor, and lessonslearned/toolimprovementadvocate.

Ms. Mary Ann Grant of UTC Aerospace Systems-Excep-tional leadership in implementing innovativedesigns tomake theextravehicularmobilityunit functionalon theISSwellbeyondtheretirementoftheSpaceShuttle.

Dr. Lucie B. Johannes of NASA Johnson Space Center - Exceptionalmetallurgicalengineering leadership,contri-butions toAgencyprogramsandprojects andadvance-mentsinstate-of-the-artwelding.

Mr. Bradley T. Jones of NASA Johnson Space Center - Exceptional technical and programmatic expertise and

developmentofinnovativesolutionstoachieveNationalSpace TransportationPolicy objectives that enable thefutureofcommercialhumanspacetransportation.

Ms. Jael P. Lamothe of NASA Kennedy Space Center - Technical excellence and innovation in developing andexecutinganontraditionalpartnershiptosustainNASAshuttlelogisticsdepotcapabilitiesforfutureusebyNASAprograms

Mr. Aaron S. Leichner of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne -Technicalexcellenceandexceptionallead-ershipinadvancingsmallliquidrocketengines.

Mr. William D. Lopez of MEI Technologies, Inc. - ExceptionalimplementationoftheTelescienceResourceKit(TReK)attheAirForceOperationsLocationatNASAJSC, providing a24-hour-per-day, 365-day-per-yearop-erationscapability.

Dr. William M. Marshall of NASA Glenn Research Center -Exceptional leadershipandtechnicalexpertiseinrocketcombustionresearchandtestingthathasen-hancednumerousNASAprogramsandsignificantlyaid-edthetechnicalcommunity.

Mr. Jeffrey M. Megivern of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-OutstandingsupporttothedevelopmentandtestingoftheJ-2Xupperstageengine.

Mr. Tanner P. Moore of Jacobs- Exceptional contribu-tions to the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration IsolationSystem (CEVIS) project and demonstrated enthusiasmforhumanspaceflight.

Ms. Molly O. Olson of Boeing-Outstandingprojectman-agementoftransitionofcrewquartersandcrewhealthcaresystemhardwareandprovidingcriticalroles intheMissionEvaluationRoomduringISSextravehicularactivi-ties(EVAs).

Ms. Nicole Yvette Orozco of Boeing -Exceptionaldedi-cation,hardwork,andtechnicalexcellencetoovercomelogistics and on-orbit challenges tomaintain ISS waterprocessingoperationsandISSsix-personcrewoperationsandutilization.

Ms. Chang Qian of ATK-Extraordinarysystemsengineer-ing, contributing to the successful development of theSLSbooster,Ares,andAresI-X.

Ms. Susan V. Schuh of MEI Technologies, Inc. - Excep-tionaldedicationandoutstandingeffortsproducingthefirstNASACrewCommentsDatabaseservingasNASA’smostcomplete,searchablearchiveofISSpost-flightcrewdebriefingdata.

1Lt. George Ralph Sondecker of U.S. Air Force - Exceptional contributions to the Space EnvironmentNanoSatExperiment(SENSE)CubeSatexperiment,dem-onstrating the potential for low-cost small satellites toperformoperationalAirForcemissions.

Mr. Anthony N. Vareha of United Space Alliance - Exceptionalcontributionsleadingeverymajorfailureres-olutioneffortfortheInternationalSpaceStationelectri-calpowersystem.

2012EarlyCareerStellarAwardWinners(LtoR):RobertBehnken(presenting),BrianCrisp,AdamSchlesinger,Chris Vandezande,PamelaAugust,BobbyCohanim,SteveVanderarkacceptingforAndrewAbercromby,K.MeganMcArthur (presenting).(NASA photo)

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Mr. Mark D. Bergan of Boeing - Superior knowledge,expertiseanddedicationresultinginsuccessfuldeliveryofNASAdockingsystemshookassemblyprototypes.

Mr. Alan S. Bernat of Boeing-Significantdevelopmentanddesigncontributionsinenginesandpropulsionde-signintheSpaceShuttleeraandbeyond.

Mr. Jeff A. Boxell of Lockheed Martin - Exceptionalleadership,development,andsupport,of theMissionControlCentercommunicationsystem.

Ms. Nubia Andrea Carvajal of MEI Technologies, Inc. - True dedication and superior contributions atNASA,andinestablishmentofanInternationalColonyofLearnerswhowillbethehumanspaceflightleadersof the future.

Mr. John C. Curran of Boeing -Outstandingcontribu-tions to innovativeandsafestructuraldesigns for thespaceindustry.

Mr. Frederick E. Dodd of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne -Exceptionaltechnicalexcellenceandlead-ershiptowardstheadvancementofliquidrocketenginecombustiondevices.

Mr. James M. Engle of Boeing - Outstanding leader-shipinthedesign,development,test,anddeliveryofacriticalcomponentoftheinternationaldockingadapter(IDA)andtheEnergiaIDAprimarystructure.

Mr. Thomas O. Engler of NASA Kennedy Space Center -Outstandingtechnical leadershipandinnova-tion facilitating the growth of a globally competitiveU.S. commercial space sector, and establishing inven-tiveandnontraditionalpartnershipsthatarebeneficialforNASA.

Mr. Ven C. Feng of NASA Johnson Space Center - Exemplary performance, outstanding leadership, andcreationofamodelofteamwork,mutualrespect,andcollaborativesolution-findingfortheISSandfuturein-ternationalspaceflightendeavors.

Mr. Steve L. Fonteyne of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - Outstanding support and dedication torocketenginedevelopmentprogramsandmentoringofnewemployees.

Mr. Sammy Garcia of Jacobs -Exceptionalprojectman-agementandsystemsengineeringcontributionstospacesimulationandtestingduringthedesign,installation,andcommissioning of the JSC ChamberA high-vacuumandliquidnitrogenthermo-siphonsystemssupportingcham-berupgrades.

Mr. Gary W. Gardner of U. S. Air Force-Exceptionalcon-tributionstoU.S.advancementinspaceaselectronicin-telligenceAnalyst and Surveillance andWarning Centerreporter, Space Test and Evaluation analyst, managerof SpaceSystems IntegrationandTest,OperationalTestandEvaluationtechnicaldirector,culminatingasdirector,SpaceTestIntegrationOfficeattheSpaceInnovationandDevelopmentCenteratSchrieverAFB.

Dr. Razvan Gaza of Lockheed Martin-Innovativeeffortsto improve radiation protection for crew and hardwaresystemsforexplorationbeyondlowEarthorbit.

Mr. Christopher A. Gerace of NASA Kennedy Space Center-Exceptionaldedication,hardwork,technicalex-cellenceandsustainedleadershipinfurtheringtheAgen-cy’s commitment to developing a commercial crew hu-manspacecapabilitytotheInternationalSpaceStation.

Mr. John A. Gouveia of L-3 STRATIS-Superiorknowledgeandexpertiseinleansoftwareprocessandsoftwareman-agementappliedtocreationof innovativemethods,en-ablingmajorprocessimprovementforflight,simulation,andmissionoperationssoftwareprojects.

Ms. Tamara L. Hoskins of ATK-Outstandingaccomplish-ments in driving innovative supplier sourcing solutionsandinternalprocessimprovements.

Mr. Scott A. Hutchison of Lockheed Martin-Outstandingeffortssupportinghumanspaceflightprograms,includingdriving new design approaches to support theMissionControl Center 21st Century Initiative and to expediteNASA’sfuturemissionsupportobjectives.

Mr. Daniel L. Irvin of Boeing-Outstandingleadershipandtechnicalexcellenceinthespaceprogramfor25years.

Ms. Monica A. Jacinto of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - Pioneeering large scale development andtechnologymaturationof theMondaloyalloy, and con-tributingtospaceflightprograms.

Mr. George W. Jacobs of NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC)-SuccessfulexecutionoftheNASASpaceShuttleTransitionandRetirementProgramatKSC.

Mr. Christopher S. Johnson of Bastion Technologies - Exemplary service in support of the development andtestingofplanetaryinstrumentationforscienceexplora-tionandoftheSampleAnalysisonMars(SAM) instru-mentonboardtheMarsScienceLabrover.

Ms. Maria C. Keilich of UTC Aerospace Systems - Exceptionaltechnicalandskillsleadershipinsystemsen-gineeringtosupportthedevelopmentoftheISSlifesup-portsystemwaterprocessor,oxygengeneratorsystem,andSabatiersystem.

Mr. Terry G. Koelbl of NASA Marshall Space Flight Cen-ter-Exemplarytechnicalleadershipintheareasofavi-onicstradestudies,avionicsconceptdevelopmentandarchitecturedesignsupportinglaunchvehicleconfigura-tions.

Ms. Laurie Ann Labra of Lockheed Martin - Exceptional leadership in design and delivery ofNASAhuman spaceflight training and thehardware systems,software,andgroundoperationssupportingtheMissionControlCenterandIntegratedTrainingFacility.

Ms. Lisa M. Lane of Boeing-Exemplaryperformanceinlaunchvehicledevelopmentthroughsustainedstructur-alanalysisexcellence.

Mr. Charles M. Lundquist of NASA Johnson Space Center - Extraordinary leadership and personal dedi-cation in thedevelopmentof theOrionMulti-PurposeCrewVehicle(MPCV)ProgramOffice.

Ms. Amanda L. Lynch of Jacobs -Exceptionalleadershipand performance in successful Advanced ExplorationDeepSpaceHabitatintegrationandtesting.

Mr. James H. McMichael of NASA Johnson Space Center-SignificantcontributionsasleadsystemengineertothedesignanddevelopmentofthecapsuleparachuteassemblysystemfortheMPCV.

Mr. Aaron L. Mears of UTC Aerospace Systems - Outstandingcareerdedicatedtohumanspaceflight,withcontributions critical to the successofNASA’s EVAPro-gram and post-Shuttle availability of the extravehicularmobilityunit.

Mr. Mark A. Miller of ARES Corporation-Successfulde-velopment of innovative program planning and controltoolsusedforInternationalSpaceStationcommercialve-hiclecoordination.

Mr. Jeffrey L. Musler of NASA Johnson Space Center - Exceptional contributions to themanagementandleadershipofhumanspaceflightmissionoperations.

Dr. Jianjun Ni of ERC-Outstandingleadershipinutilizingultrawidebandtechnologyformultipletrackingapplica-tions,resultingintwoNASApatentapplications.

Mr. Sean K. O’Rourke of United Space Alliance - PioneeringcontributionstotheISSVisitingVehicleOfficerparticipation intheSpaceXto ISSmissionstoprovideafoundationforallfuturecommercialmissionstotheISS.

Mr. Satish Reddy of Jacobs- Exceptional expertise instructuralandstressanalysisandoutstandingdedicationtoNASAflightsafetyandmissionsuccess.

2012 Mid Career Stellar Award Winners (L to R):K.MeganMcArthur(presenting),MikeBurghardt,NancyRustemeyer,KevinLunde,AnnaJarvis,PaulHearn,JoanSinger,NickCosten,JulieWatanabe-Sloan,RobertBehnken(presenting).Notpictured:Judith“Charlie”Blackwell-Thompson.(NASA photo)

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Mr. Aaron D. Schram of L-3 STRATIS-Exceptionaltech-nicalexcellence,hardwork,leadership,anddedicationinensuringthesuccessfuldevelopmentofcriticaltrain-ing systems for the 21st century (TS21) high-fidelitytrainingsimulationsforhumanspaceflightoperations.

Mr. Thomas M. Simon of NASA Johnson Space Center-Exceptionaltechnicalandprogrammaticexper-tise indeveloping innovativesolutions tocertifycom-mercial human space transportation systems for ISSmissions.

Dr. Edward De La Rosa Sosa of Jacobs –Outstandingcontributiontohumanspaceflightthroughtheresearchandexploitationofbreakthroughnanotechnologyap-pliedtospace.

Mr. Scott B. Thurston of NASA Kennedy Space Center - Exceptionaltechnicalandprogrammaticexpertiseanddeveloping innovative solutions to achieve NationalSpaceTransportationPolicyobjectivesthatenablethefutureofcommercialhumanspacetransportation.

Mr. Craig A. Tyer of Boeing - Exceptional dedication,leadership and hard work resulting in successful ISSdockingadapterdesign reviewswithRSC-Energia andNASA.

Mr. Robert C. vanGiessen of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-ExceptionalleadershipinsafetyofflightoftheRD-180enginefortheAtlaslaunchvehicle.

Mr. Kevin M. Wells of NASA Johnson Space Center-Sus-tainedleadershipandsuperioreffortsinassuringextrave-hicularcapabilityontheInternationalSpaceStation.

Mr. Andrew D. Williams of U. S. Air Force Research Labo-ratory - Exceptional leadershipandaccomplishments inthedevelopmentofspacecraftthermaltechnologiesformannedandunmannedspaceapplicationsincludingmul-tipleexperimentsonISS.

Mr. Edward Young of Boeing–OutstandingsystemsafetyleadershipfortheNitrogenOxygenRechargeSystemProj-ectwhichcontributedgreatlytoitssuccess.

Late Career Stellar Nominees

Mr. Thomas L. Andrews of Boeing-Outstandingaccom-plishmentsandexceptionalexcellenceinleadingdesignoflargeaerospacestructures.

Mr. Steven W. Bragado of U. S. Air Force -Exceptionalcareer contributions supporting United States involve-ment in space as Systems Threat Assessment analyst,MissileWarningoperator,SpaceSatelliteoperator,cru-cialrolesforMILSATCOM,GPS,andtheSpaceBattlelabculminatingastechnicaldirector.

Dr. Foy McNeil Cheatwood of NASA Langley Research Center -Outstandingdevelopment anddemonstrationofnovelhypersonic inflatableatmosphericdeceleratortechnology for use on future human and roboticmis-sions.

Mr. John R. Christensen of Boeing-Outstandingachieve-ments in advancing human spaceflight through excel-lenceinleadershipofmechanicalsystemsdesign.

Mr. Larry G. Clark of ATK-Exceptionaltechnicalabilityand leadershipresulting inselectionasengineeringdi-rector for theFirstStageBooster in supportof severalhumanratedlaunchvehiclesandprograms.

Mr. Jim A. Clark of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - Tech-nicalexcellenceandexceptionalleadershipinsupportoftheRL10upperstageenginefortheevolvedexpendablelaunchvehicle.

Mr. Carlos F. Enriquez of Boeing -Significantcontribu-tion to International SpaceStationmechanismsdesignanddevelopment.

Ms. Deborah J. Hahn of NASA Kennedy Space Center -Exemplaryservice to theU.S. spaceprogramandtheaerospaceindrustry.

Mr. John A. Halchak of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - Dedicated service to spaceflight for 51yearsasan industryresourceinmaterialsapplications,engineering,andprocesses.

Mr. Thomas L. Hoffman of Boeing - Exceptional tech-nicalabilityandcontributions to successfulacquisitionstrategies for ISSdocking adapterhardware fromRSC-Energia.

Mr. Eric A. Howell of Boeing - Outstanding technicalleadership contributions to ISS development programsanddrivingtheexecutionofthenitrogenoxygenresup-plysystem.

Mr. Kim A. Hughes of Boeing - Sustainedexcellence inhardwaredevelopmentandintegrationforhumanspace-flightprograms.

Mr. Claude Russell Joyner of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-Technicalleadershipandexcellenceinad-vancedspacemissionarchitecturesandnuclearthermalpropulsion.

Mr. Robert K. Levy of Boeing-Recognizedtechnicalex-pertiseandknowledgeoftheInternationalSpaceStationelectricalpowersystemarchitectureandsystemsafety.

Mr. Frank C. McCall of Boeing -Passionforpeopleandthequestforhumanspaceflightthatcontinuestoinspirethenextgenerationtocreatesafeandinnovativedesignstokeephumanexplorationaliveandthriving.

Mr. Michael Melgares of Jacobs - Outstanding projectleadershipcontributionstotheMulti-PurposeCrewVe-hicleOrionparachutesystem.

Mr. Tom A. Mulder of Boeing -OutstandingcontributiontoBoeing’s commercial crew transportation systemde-velopment.

Mr. William M. Nehman of Lockheed Martin -Outstand-ingknowledgeandunderstandingofspacestationtelem-etrydatathathascontributedgreatlytodevelopingnewprocessestoensureISSProgramgoalsaremet.

Mr. Richard Nygren of SGT - Exemplary leadershipandcontributions to human spaceflight programs spanningfromApollototheConstellationProgram.

Mr. Stephen S. Oswald of Syzygy Enterprises, LLC - Outstandingleadershipinthespacefieldincludingmulti-plesuccussfulmissionsasaSpaceShuttlecrewmember.

Ms. Dorothy S. Rasco of NASA Johnson Space Center-ExceptionalachievementsleadingtosuccessfulSpaceShuttletransitionandretirement.2012 Late Career Stellar Award Winners (L to R): RobertBehnken(presenting),TomDavis,VernonGregiore,DennisEads,

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Mr. George A. Salazar of NASA Johnson Space Center-ExemplaryNASAserviceandextensiveachieve-ments in technology advancement, project manage-ment,systemengineering,andeducationaloutreach.

Mr. Charles Seaback of UTC Aerospace Systems -Dis-tinguishedcareerinspacelifesupportspanningShuttle,ISS,andOrion,includingextensivesystemsengineeringand project management knowledge that has drivenprogramsuccesses.

Mr. Brian H. Shinguchi of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - Outstanding leadership in the develop-ment,production,andflightofcriticalrocketpropulsionsystemsspanningasuccessfulcareerofover35years.

Mr. Kirk M. Sneddon of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - Exceptionalcareercontributions to thesuccessof theUnitedStates’spaceprogram.

Mr. Robert W. Stuart of Boeing-Astuteandfar-reach-ing technical knowledge advancing the Space LaunchSystemsendeavor.

Ms. Kathleen E. Symons of NASA Johnson Space Center - Exceptional performance as associate director of theStrategicOpportunityandPartnershipDevelopmentOf-fice andover 25 years of service to the JSC inmultiplerolesanddirectorates.

Mr. Leslie P. Theard of Lockheed Martin - Outstandinghumanspaceflightcontributions to theOrionentryandlanding system to improvecrewsafetyandensuremis-sionsuccess.

Mr. Wayne Tuttle of Keystone Engineering Company - Exceptionaldevelopmentofademissablepropellanttankfor spacecraft, substantially reducing or eliminating theriskofdebrisreachingtheEarth’ssurfaceuponre-entry.

Mr. Luther D. Woodall of Boeing-DedicatedleadershipaschiefpropulsionarchitectforNASA’sSpaceLaunchSys-temcorestage.

Dr. Quan Xiong of Lockheed Martin -Outstandingcon-tributionstoInternationalSpaceStationpowerplanningmodelingsoftware.

Stellar Team Nominees

ATK Value Stream Mapping Improvement Team - Innovativeapplicationofleanmanagementprinciplestodramatically improve affordability of space transporta-tionhardwareandservices.

Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Integrated Landing System Drop Test Team -Outstanding techni-calexcellence indevelopmentand testingofacrewedspacecapsulelandlandingsystem.

Boeing Enhanced Processor with Integrated Communications Team-ExtraordinarycollaborationanddedicationtotechnicalexcellenceresultinginenhancedintegratedcommunicationsaboardtheISS.

Boeing Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) Installation In-vestigation Team-Outstandingtechnicalexcellence,in-novativethinking,andforesightinquicklyresolvingtheMBSU installation issues that ultimately recovered theISS’spowersystem.

Boeing P6 Photovoltaic Thermal Control System Thermal Team - Outstanding teamwork in identifyingandtroubleshootingtheISSP6ammonialeak,includinghelpingexecuteU.S.ExtravehicularActivity20.

Boeing Software Toolkit for Ethernet Lab-Like Architecture Team - Innovative software applicationmakingspacestationpayloadintegrationeasier,simpler,morefamiliar,andlesscostly.

Boeing Space Launch System Flight Computer Team - Outstanding achievement by the Boeing FlightComputerDevelopmentTeamontheSLSprogram.

BoeingSpace Launch System Integrated Loads and En-vironments Team -Outstanding teamcontributions tointegratedloadsandenvironmentsfortheUnitedStatesSLScorestagelaunch.

Boeing Space Launch System Manufacturing and As-sembly Convergence Team - Exceptional effort to de-velop and implement a manufacturing approach forSLSmajorstructuralassembly,enablingarapidstarttoNASA’sbeyondEarthorbitspaceexploration.

Booz Allen Hamilton Polaris Development Team - UnwaveringpursuitofinnovationinthedevelopmentofatooltoenableNASAprogramstoperformjointconfi-dencelevelandprogramanalysis.

DB Consulting Group Gap Services Transition Team - Flawlesseffortsof theGapServicesTransitionTeam in

moving assets and processes from an ending contractwithnointerruptionofservices.

Jacobs Engineering & Science Contract Group Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) Team-Exceptionaldedi-cation,hardwork,andtechnicalexcellenceinthedesign,integrationand certificationof theAMSpayload for itsdeploymentontheInternationalSpaceStation.

Jacobs Engineering & Science Contract Group Composite Shop Team-Technicalexcellenceandteam-work during the successful development of compositevehiclepartsfortheNASAMultiMissionSpaceExplora-tionVehicleproject.

Jacobs Engineering & Science Contract Group Fabrica-tion Express Team - Establishinganeffectivecollabora-tiveenvironmentthatallowsengineerstoworkdirectlywithmanufacturingtocreateprototypepartsinatimelymanner.

Lockheed Martin Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Integra-tion Test Lab Team -Outstandingeffortstoplan,design,develop,assemble,integrateandexecutetheinitialtest-ingoftheintegratedavionicsandsoftwarefortheExplo-rationFlightTest1mission

Lockheed Martin Orion Heatshield Team - Exemparycontributions to thedevelopmentof theheatshield fortheOrionMulti-PurposeCrewVehicle.

NASA Glenn Research Center Extended Testability Anal-ysis Tool Team -Outstandingdevelopment,demonstra-tion,andcommercializationofnewqualitativetestabilityanalysis and reporting technologies supporting human-ratedlaunchvehicledesignandoperation.

NASA Johnson Space Center Capsule Parachute Assem-bly System (CPAS) Test Team -Exemplarycontributionstothedesign,analysis,integration,safetyevaluation,andimplementationofthefullscaleCPASairdroptestcapa-bilities.

NASA Johnson Space Center Commercial Orbital Trans-portation Services (COTS) Project Team- ExtraordinaryachievementandsuccessfulexecutionofNASA’sSpaceXCOTSproject.

NASA Johnson Space Center James Webb Space Tele-scope Chamber A Modification Team - Exceptional ac-complishmentsinthemodificationofJSC’sChamberAtoprovidedeepspaceenvironmentaltestingoftheJamesWebbSpaceTelescope.

2012 Stellar Team Award Winners (L to R): K.MeganMcArthur(presenting),VernonGergiore(P&WRocketdyne),HowardHu(NASAJSCSTORRM),GaryWedekind(BoeingSARJ-FR),J.D.Yamokoski(R2),MohammedNasrullah(BoeingARFTA),JoeGerky(NASAJSCWB-57),BrianSompayrac(LockheedMartinMPCV),RobertBehnken(presenting).(NASA photo)

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1987-Dr.MaximeFaget1988-Hon.DonFuqua1989-V.Adm.RichardTruly,USN(Ret.)1990-Dr.LewAllen1991-Dr.AaronCohen1992-Dr.NormanR.Augustine1993-Lt.Gen.ThomasStafford,USAF(Ret.)1994-EdwardC.“Pete”Aldridge,Jr.1995-DanielGoldin1996-Capt.RobertL.Crippen,USN(Ret.)1997-GeorgeW.S.Abbey1998-PresidentGeorgeH.W.Bush1999-Dr.ChristopherC.Craft,Jr.2000-Capt.JohnW.Young,USN(Ret.)2001-TommyHolloway2002-Dr.GeorgeE.Mueller2003-RoyS.Estess2004-NeilA.Armstrong2005-Dr.GlynnS.Lunney2006-Col.EileenCollins,USAF(Ret.)2007-EugeneF.“Gene”Kranz2008-Capt.EugeneCernan,USN(Ret.)2009-Dr.MichaelD.Griffin2010-WilliamH.Gerstenmaier2011-GeneralKevinP.Chilton2012-MichaelL.Coats2013-Hon.KayBaileyHutchison

Previous National Space Trophy Recipients

NASA Johnson Space Center Rapid Prototype Labora-tory Team-Innovativedesign,development,andproto-typingofuserinterfacesystemsthatwilloperateontheOrionandotherfuturespacecraft.

Oceaneering Space Systems Crew Module Uprighting System (CMUS) Engineering Development Team- Ex-ceptionallydedicated teamworkanddecadesofdem-onstratedhumanspaceflightproductdevelopmentex-perience leading to the highly successful engineeringdesignandproductionoftheOrionCMUS.

Oceaneering Space Systems Exoskeleton X1 Team - Outstanding team contributions to advancements inthefieldofexoskeletonrobotics.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Propulsion Team Support-ing CST-100 Development - Exceptional contributionstothedevelopmentandtestingoftheCST-100servicemodulewithintegratedlaunchabortpropulsionsystemsupportingBoeing’scommercialcrewspacecraft.

SAIC Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload Third Gen-eration Infrared System Team-Successfullydesigning,buildingandflyinginspacethefirstwidefieldofviewoverheadpersistent infraRedsensor,onthefirstcom-merciallyhostedDoDmission.

United Space Alliance Space Shuttle Transition and Re-tirement Team –Outstandingeffort indefining, plan-ning, and executing the Space Shuttle Transition andRetirement project to transition, retire, and close outtheSpaceShuttleProgramassets.

U. S. Air Force Host Based Security System Pilot In-tegration Team -Outstanding collaborativeeffort andsuccessfulmigrationfromanenclavetoenterpriseap-proachforimplementing,monitoringandreportingonthe informationassurancesecurityofaspacemissionsystem.

U. S. Air Force Re-Entry Breakup Recorder Team-Out-standinginternationalachievementinsuccessfullycol-lectingbreakupdata froma re-entering space vehicleforthefirsttimeever.

U. S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Inde-pendent Readiness Review Team -Outstanding teamcontributiontothecontinuedsuccessofnationalsecu-rityspacemissions.

Tribute to Neil A. Armstrong (1930-2012)TheRNASAFoundationmournedthedeathofNeilArmstrongonAugust25,2012.RNASAFoundationChair-manRodolfoGonzálezsaid,“WeweregratefultobeallowedtheopportunitytopubliclyrecognizehimwithaNationalSpaceTrophyin2004,andwewerehonoredforhimtoactivelyserveontheBoardofAdvisorssincethen.NeilArmstrongwillnodoubtbewell-knownformillenniatocome.Weareextremelygratefulfor

hisservice,theexampleheset,andtheaccomplishmentsheembodied.”Inhisspeechtothe2004galaattendees,Armstronggavewhathecalled“aneight-minuteretrospectiveonthebegin-ningoftheSpaceAge.”ThefamousfirstmanontheMoonnotedthat,“Weknowtheadvancementofknowledge,therateofprogressisproportionaltotheriskencountered.Thepublicatlargemaywellbemorerisk-adversethantheindi-vidualsinourbusiness,buttolimittheprogressinthenameofeliminatingriskisnovirtue.”Armstrong’sentirespeechisonlineat:http://www.rnasa.org/2004files/agenda2004.html#neil_armstrong_remarks.Wewillallgreatlymissthemanwhobecameasymbolforexplorationandengineeringexcellence,andwhocontinuestoinspireuswithhishistoricfirststepsonanotherworld.Neil Armstrong at RNASA gala in 2004

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Pat Rawlings2013 Artist

EagleAppliedScienc-es,LLC,sponsoredtheservicesofrenownedspaceartistPatRawl-ingstocreatetheoriginalportraitofKayBaileyHutchisonondisplaytonightandre-producedonthecover.Eagleisateammem-berwithWyleLabora-toriesontherecentlyawardedHumanHealthandPerformanceCon-tractatJohnsonSpaceCenter.

RawlingspaintedtheportraitforthefirstNationalSpaceTrophywinnerin1987,againin1991,andforeverywinnersince2001.“InSenatorHutchison’sportrait,Iwantedtoshowherconstant,positiveen-gagementwiththosearoundheragainstahistoricaltapestrywhichincludesaLoneStaroutoftheUnitedStatesflag,”Rawlingssaid. Hispaintings,digitalimages,anddesignshaveap-pearedinhundredsofmagazines,books,TVprograms,andfilms(seelistatwww.patrawlings.com).Inthepast30years,Rawlings’specialtyhasbeenshowingtherevelatoryhumanmomentsthatembodythespiritofexploration:suchasthefirsthumantowipedustoffofthePathfinderSojournerroveronMars.Hisgoalisto“bethere,”immersingtheviewerinamomentoffuturehistory. Rawlingswasaleaderincreating“complete”spaceartforNASAthatnotonlydepictedthehardwarecor-rectly,butalsoshowedthecontextorenvironmentac-curately.Rawlingssaid,“Inordertosuspenddisbeliefandreallypulltheviewerintotheexperience,everyrock,cloud,andhumanexpressionneedstobeastrueastheactuatorsandradiatorsonthespacecraft.Iwanttocreatesnapshotsofthefuture.” Recently,RawlingsandaboutadozenotherartistsfromaroundtheworldspentaweekpaintingonsiteatsuchlocationsattheGrandCanyon,MeteorCrater,andotherterrestriallandscapeanalogstoMars.Thissortof“groundtruth”iswhyhisartappearstohavebeenpaintedwhilevisitingotherworlds.

Pat Rawlings (Photo courtesy Rawlings)

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Made entirely of lead crystal, the 500-pound National Space Trophy is shaped like a graceful rocket above a base that is reminiscent of exhaust clouds or the frozen moons of some distant world. A thin white line spirals around the column, etching our pathway to the stars, drawing our attention to the bubble of air in the tip of the cone - a bubble as fragile and beautiful as human life, shining with the bright light of hope and dreams for the future. The Trophy is on permanent display at Space Center Houston along with the portrait of the most recent trophy recipient.

2013 RNASA Board of Advisors

Geoge W.S. AbbeyJim AlbaughArnold D. AldrichEdward C. Aldridge, Jr.Jim AskerDr. Norman R. AugustineVirgina A. BarnesCapt. Daniel Brandenstein, USN (Ret.)Col. Robert D. Cabana, USMC (Ret.)Dr. Donald J. CampbellJeffrey E. CarrMarke E. CarreauCapt. Eugene Cernan, USN (Ret.)Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, USAF (Ret.)Capt. Michael L. Coats, USN (Ret.)Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF (Ret.)Col. Richard O. Covey, USAF (Ret.)Capt. Robert Crippen, USN (Ret.)Capt. Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (Ret.)Ronald D. DittemoreMaj. Gen. Joe H. Engle, ANG/USAF (Ret.)Hon. Donald FuquaWilliam H. GerstenmaierHon. John H. Glenn, Jr.Dr. Gerald D. GriffinDr. Michael D. GriffinHenry W. HartsfieldJim HartzJ. Milt HeflinCynthia HendershotRichard J. HiebShepard W. Hill

Tommy W. HollowayNeil B. HutchinsonHon. Kay Bailey HutchisonSandra G. JohnsonJohn C. KarasDr. Joseph P. KerwinDr. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.Eugene F. KranzDebbie KroppDr. Glynn S. LunneyBob MitchellDr. George E. MuellerDr. George C. NieldMiles O’BrienWilliam W. ParsonsBrig. Gen J. Gregory PavlovichThomas B. Pickens IIIElliot G. PulhamWilliam F. ReaddyCapt. Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., USN (Ret.)Hon. Harrison H. SchmittCol. Brewster H. Shaw, USAF (Ret.)W. Tom ShortMark SirangeloLt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.)Dr. William A. StaplesRichard D. StephensRandy StoneV.Adm. Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)Dr. William VantineGeorge WhitesidesCapt. John W. Young, USN (Ret.)

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