Victor A. Prather Award
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The Victor A. Prather Award is an award established by the American Astronautical Society "to promote understanding of high altitude environment on humans." It is awarded to "researchers, engineers and flight crew members in the field of extravehicular protection or activity in space."
The award is in honor of Victor A. Prather, a Naval flight surgeon.
Recipients[]
Source: American Astronautical Society
- 1962 –
- 1963 – Col. Chuck Yeager
- 1964 – No award
- 1965 –
- 1966 – No award
- 1967 – No award
- 1968 – Fred Forbes
- 1969 – and
- 1970 – Robert E. Smylie and Charles Lutz
- 1971 – and
- 1972 –
- 1973 – and
- 1974 – Bruce McCandless II and
- 1975 – and
- 1976 – and
- 1977 – No award
- 1978 –
- 1979 – and
- 1980 – No award
- 1981 – No award
- 1982 – and
- 1983 – No award
- 1984 – Bruce McCandless II
- 1985 – , William F. Fisher, Jerry L. Ross, and Sherwood C. Spring
- 1986 – Joseph P. Allen
- 1987 – and
- 1988 –
- 1989 – 'No award
- 1990 – Jerry L. Ross
- 1992 – Kathryn D. Sullivan
- 1993 – STS-49 Extravehicular Crew: Thomas D. Akers, Pierre J. Thuot, Richard J. Hieb, and Kathryn C. Thornton
- 1994 – STS-61 Extravehicular Crew: F. Story Musgrave, Thomas D. Akers, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Kathryn C. Thornton
- 1995 – , , Mark C. Lee
- 1996 –
- 1997 –
- 1998 – Guy Severin
- 1999 – Jerry L. Ross and James H. Newman
- 2000 – Michael L. Gernhardt
- 2001 – No award
- 2002 –
- 2003 – No award
- 2004 – No award
- 2005 – No award
- 2006 – Scott Crossfield (posthumous) and David Clark (posthumous)
- 2007 –
- 2008 – Joseph Kittinger
- 2009 –
- 2010 – STS-125 EVA Team
- 2011 – Joseph Kosmo
- 2012 – Jan Stepanek
- 2013 – Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos Team
2013 - Award terminated
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Categories:
- Medicine awards
- Aerospace engineering awards
- Awards of the American Astronautical Society