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not available The Laurels for Team Achievement Award

International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
http://www.iaanet.org

Presented to The US Space Shuttle Team
October 13, 2002

Awarded to the team of engineers and managers, whose talent, skills and dedication made it possible to successfully complete the design and development of the Space Shuttle.
The citation of the Laurels for Team Achievement Award reads: To the team of engineers and managers, whose talent, skills and dedication made it possible to successfully complete the design and development of the Space Shuttle, a piloted reusable launch vehicle and spacecraft which has the capability to deploy and retrieve payloads in Earth orbit, and to successfully operate it for over twenty years. The Space Shuttle Team consists of thousands of engineers, scientists, technicians, support personnel, operators and crewmembers. On behalf of the entire Space Shuttle Team are highlighted those who contributed most to its early development, particularly in the key critical technology areas of propulsion, thermal protection and avionics, and those who are responsible for its current operations:

NASA Developers Arnold D. Aldrich, Aaron Cohen, Robert L. Crippen, Maxime Faget, Christopher C. Kraft, Robert E. Lindstrom, George F. Page, J.R. Thompson, Robert F. Thompson, John Yardley, John W. Young

Industry Developers Richard M. Davis, Edward G. Dorsey, George Jeffs, John B. Peller, Dominick Sanchini, Ed Smith,

Current Operators Dennis R. Deel, Ron Dittemore, Howard DeCastro, Frederick D. Gregory, Steven S. Oswald, Gerald W. Smith, William F. Readdy, Russ Turner, Byron K.Wood

Press Release Announcing the Award


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