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Herbert Hoover presents the 1929 Collier Trophy to NACA Chairman Joseph Ames for the NACA cowling. The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the ...
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Schneider received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA's highest award, in 1969. [3]Gerald R. Ford presented the 1973 Collier Trophy to Skylab, with special recognition to Schneider and the three crews, "For proving beyond question the value of man in future explorations of space and the production of data of benefit to all the people on Earth."
Because the area rule was initially classified, it took several years for Whitcomb to be recognized for his accomplishment. In 1955 he was awarded the Collier Trophy for his work on both the Tiger and the F-102. [17] The most important design resulting from the area rule was the B-58 Hustler, which was already in development at the time.
This was rectified by re-sculpting the fuselage. For his insight, Whitcomb won the Collier Trophy in 1954. [1] [2] [3] In 1958 Whitcomb was named head of Langley's transonic aerodynamics branch, and he began working on a possible SST design. He built proposed models, but by 1962 he abandoned the project because of the intractable drag problem.
Three Skylab crews, including Pogue, were awarded the 1973 Robert J. Collier Trophy. [46] [47] In 1974, President Richard Nixon presented the Skylab 4 crew with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, [48] [49] and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale awarded the crew the De La Vaulx Medal and Vladimir Komarov Diploma that year. [50]
The three Skylab astronaut crews were awarded the 1973 Robert J. Collier Trophy "For proving beyond question the value of man in future explorations of space and the production of data of benefit to all the people on Earth". [26] [27] In 1974, President Nixon presented the Skylab 4 crew with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [28]
The three Skylab astronaut crews were awarded the 1973 Collier Trophy "For proving beyond question the value of man in future explorations of space and the production of data of benefit to all the people on Earth." [19] [20] Gerald Carr accepted the 1975 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy from President Ford, awarded to the Skylab astronauts ...