Exceptional Public Achievement Medal

NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal
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."
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]

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.