國會太空榮譽勳章（英語：Congressional Space Medal of Honor）是美國國家航空暨太空總署（NASA）頒發的一種獎章，授予“為民族和人類的繁榮做出特別令人稱道的努力和貢獻的宇航员”[1]。是NASA授予的最高榮譽，獎章由美國總統以美國國家航空暨太空總署署長和副署長的名義頒發。國會太空榮譽勳章和榮譽勳章不同，後者為一種軍事榮譽，授予“在與敵對武裝力量的戰鬥中冒生命危險並且超越了職責範疇，展現出的（極為顯著的）超凡的英勇行為的人”。兩者均為所屬領域的最高級別榮譽勳章[2]。國會太空榮譽勳章一般配以具有象徵著美國海軍陸戰隊、美國海軍、美國空軍、美國海岸警衛隊等美國所有軍種的不同顏色装饰的色带做裝飾。
^14 CFR 1221.201 - Basis for award of the medal. Cornell University Law School. [2013-09-10]. （原始内容存档于2020-04-12）. astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and of mankind.
^ 2.002.012.022.032.042.052.062.072.082.092.102.112.122.132.142.152.162.172.182.192.202.212.222.232.242.252.262.272.282.29List of Awardees by NASA. NASA. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2013-07-02）. Despite the medal's name, the President awards this medal based upon recommendations from the NASA Administrator. Congress authorized the President to "award, and present in the name of Congress, a medal of appropriate design, which shall be known as the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, to any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionalIy meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and of mankind."
^Apollo 11 Mission Summary. The Apollo Program. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. [2013-09-10]. （原始内容存档于2013-08-29）.
^Frank Borman. NNDB. [2013-09-10]. （原始内容存档于2013-09-02）. Commander of the 1968 Apollo 8 Mission, Frank Borman led the first team of astronauts to leave Earth's gravity and orbit the Moon.
^Biography of John H. Glenn. NASA. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2007-10-14）. On February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States.
^Remembering Gus Grissom, NASA's most controversial astronaut. Dvice. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2015-01-03）. Gus Grissom was the second American to go up into space, and the first to do it twice. He was an active influence on all of NASA's initial manned spaceflight programs, starting with his controversial Mercury flight, then on to Gemini and, finally, Apollo, where Gus Grissom would make the ultimate sacrifice.
^Apollo 1: Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee. Time. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2020-08-15）. The astronauts were killed almost instantly, not only because of the fire but because of another, unforgivably shoddy piece of engineering: the hatch.
^Who Was Alan Shepard?. NASA. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2012-09-24）. Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA's first seven astronauts. He also walked on the moon.
^Enduring Qualities. NASA.gov. [2013-09-10]. （原始内容存档于2012-10-18）. Lucid sailed through Norm Thagard’s 115-day record for the longest American time in orbit.
^NASA Honors Roger Chaffee With Exploration Award. NASA. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2012-10-21）. Chaffee and his crewmates Gus Grissom and Ed White lost their lives on Jan. 27, 1967, in a fire aboard the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test on the launch pad.
^Ed White: First American Spacewalker. NASA. [2013-09-09]. （原始内容存档于2012-01-26）. On June 3, 1965, Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, effectively setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space.
^ 26.026.126.226.326.426.526.6STS-51L. NASA. [2013-09-10]. （原始内容存档于2013-03-28）. STS-51L Crew photo with Commander Francis R. Scobee, Pilot Michael J. Smith, Mission Specialists Judith A. Resnik, Ellison S. Onizuka, Ronald E. McNair and Payload Specialists Gregory B. Jarvis and Sharon Christa McAuliffe. I
^ROBERT L. CRIPPEN. NASA. [2013-09-10]. （原始内容存档于2012-10-25）. e was the pilot of the first orbital test flight of the Shuttle program (STS-1, April 12-14,1981)
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