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<\/a><\/figure>Two employees from NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia recently earned the prestigious Silver Snoopy award, an honor given to NASA employees and contractors across the agency for outstanding achievements related to astronaut safety or mission success. Dr. Shih-Yung Lin and Dr. Peter Parker received the awards during a Space Flight Awareness (SFA) award ceremony at Langley on Nov. 21. Lin earned the award for exceptional engineering and technical leadership contributions to the Orion program. Parker earned the award for outstanding leadership and technical contributions in support of the International Space Station (ISS). <\/p>\n
NASA astronaut Victor Glover visited Langley to present the awards. Glover is currently assigned as the pilot of NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission to the Moon. He piloted the SpaceX Crew 1 mission to the International Space Station in 2018 and served as a flight engineer on expeditions 64 and 65.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis, for me, feels like how I felt when I received my astronaut pin. This is us giving you our team pin,\u201d said Glover. He later added, \u201cThis is something to wear with honor. You are a very special part of our safety and mission assurance culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/figure>The Silver Snoopy is the astronauts\u2019 personal award and is presented to less than one percent of the total NASA workforce annually. The significance of the award was not lost on the honorees, who both brought family members to share in the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m involved with lots of research projects, but they don\u2019t all involve loss of human life,\u201d said Parker. \u201cIt definitely is a more prestigious, more impactful, more consequential type of project that I\u2019m being recognized for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lin, who recently retired, echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou set a very high standard in order to achieve the safest conditions for all the astronauts,\u201d he said. \u201cFor me, if we get a good mission out of it, or multiple missions, I would consider that my personal lifetime goal for my career. That\u2019s what it means to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lin and Parker each received a sterling Silver Snoopy lapel pin that has flown in space, plus a certificate of appreciation signed by Glover and an authentication letter. The pins awarded to Langley\u2019s recipients flew aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour during an assembly mission to the International Space Station, STS-118, August 8-21, 2007. The award depicts Snoopy, a character from the \u201cPeanuts\u201d comic strip created by Charles Schulz.<\/p>\n
An avid supporter of the U.S. space program, Schulz gave NASA astronauts permission to adopt Snoopy as their personal safety symbol during the Apollo era and has long served to promote excellence in every phase of space flight to help ensure the success of NASA missions. The Snoopy emblem reflects NASA and industry\u2019s sense of responsibility and continuing concern for astronaut flight safety.<\/p>\n
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