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 – Malcom Davis Ross 1963 – Col. Chuck Yeager 1964 – No award 1965 – Richard S. Johnston 1966 – No award 1967 – No award 1968 – Fred Forbes 1969 – Edward L. Hays and James V. Correale 1970 – Robert E. Smylie and Charles Lutz 1971 – Robert E. Breeding and Leonard Shepard 1972 – Harold I. Johnson 1973 – Walter Guy and Harley Stutesman, Jr. 1974 – Bruce McCandless II and Charles E. Whitsett, Jr. 1975 – David C. Schultz and Harold J. McMann 1976 – Larry E. Bell and Robert M. Bernarndin 1977 – No award 1978 – James W. McBarron II 1979 – Maurice A. Carson and Frederick A. Keune 1980 – No award 1981 – No award 1982 – Wilbert E. Ellis and James M. Waligora 1983 – No award 1984 – Bruce McCandless II 1985 – James D. van Hoften, William F. Fisher, Jerry L. Ross, and Sherwood C. Spring 1986 – Joseph P. Allen 1987 – Joseph J. Kosmo and Hubert C. Vykukal 1988 – Michael Brzezinski 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 – Clifford W. Hess, Scott A. Bleisath, Mark C. Lee 1996 – Willy Z. Sadeh 1997 – Alan M. Rochford 1998 – Guy Severin 1999 – Jerry L. Ross and James H. Newman 2000 – Michael L. Gernhardt 2001 – No award 2002 – G. Allen Flynt 2003 – No award 2004 – No award 2005 – No award 2006 – Scott Crossfield (posthumous) and David Clark (posthumous) 2007 – Curtis A. Stephenson 2008 – Joseph Kittinger 2009 – Joseph A. Ruseckas 2010 – STS-125 EVA Team 2011 – Joseph Kosmo 2012 – Jan Stepanek 2013 – Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos Team 2013 - Award terminated
See also List of engineering awards List of medicine awards List of space technology awards
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