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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (213) 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ten individuals and three groups at Jet Propulsion
Laboratory will receive NASA Honor Awards in ceremonies at
the Lab on Jan. 24.
Dr. Bruce Murray, lab director, will present the
awards on behalf of Dr. Robert Frosch, NASA administrator.
The individual awards will go to:
o Mahlon F. Easterling; the Outstanding Leadership
Medal for technical and managerial leadership in establishing
the conceptual design for NASA's future ground-based tracking
and data acquisition network. (Easterling retired recently
and now lives in Durham, N.C.).
o Richard T. Woo of La Canada; the Exceptional ì
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Scientific Achievement Medal for development and ì
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demonstration of spacecraft radio scintillations as an ì
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important new method for studying interplanetary plasma ì
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turbulence.
o Lloyd H. Back of La Canada; the Exceptional ì
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Service Medal for exceptional contributions to the ì
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understanding of the fluid mechanics of rocket propulsion
and the reduction of heat transfer in rocket nozzles.
o Donald E. Hayes of Pasadena; the Exceptional
Service Medal for sustained and outstanding contributions in
the organization and performance of system-level spacecraft ì
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assembly, test operations and launch preparations.
o Rolando L. Jordan of Pasadena; the Exceptional
Service Medal for exceptional contributions to the ì
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development and performance of the Seasat synthetic
aperture radar.
o Richard P. Mathison of Altadena; the Exceptional
Service Medal for outstanding engineering contributions and
leadership in development and application of communication
and tracking systems for NASA's deep space missions.
o Marvin K. Simon of La Canada; the Exceptional
Service Medal for outstanding contributions in the analysis
and design of space communications systems.
o Gerald M. Smith of Northridge; the Exceptional
Service Medal for outstanding management and leadership in
development and construction of the NASA Infrared Telescope
Facility.
o Anthony J. Spear of Pasadena; the Exceptional
Service Medal for outstanding leadership in managing ì
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development, integration and operation of the successful ì
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array of Seasat sensors.
o Kay H. Haines of Altadena; the Equal Employment
Opportunity Medal for outstanding contributions to the goal
of equitable professional development and employment
opportunities for women at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The groups to be honored are:
o Mission Control and Computing Center Mark III
Development Team; the Group Achievement Award for outstanding
group achievement in developing and implementing the Mission
Control and Computing Center Mark III, enabling a greatly
enhanced mission support capability.
o Planetary Ephemeris Development Team; the Group
Achievement Award for sustained and outstanding work in
developing the high-precision planetary ephemerides and
associated computer software that have enabled the ì
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achievement of demanding planetary mission objectives.
(An ephemeris is a table that predicts the position in
space of a planet, satellite or star at any given moment.)
o Seasat Synthetic Aperture Radar Team; the
Group Achievement Award for development of NASA's synthetic ì
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aperture radar system, whose excellent performance ì
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demonstrated the significant potential of the radar system
as a scientific instrument.
The award ceremony will begin at l0 a.m. in von ì
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Karman Auditorium on lab.
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