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Oran M. Roberts
Chapter 440
United Daughters of the Confederacy®
Houston, Harris County, Texas
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Pioneers in Space Awards
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The UDC presents Pioneer in Space Awards to individuals who are lineal descendants of Confederate Soldiers or Sailors. Posthumous awards are permitted.
Description: The bronze medal is in the shape of a spaceship and in relief depicts the Earth in the foreground with the moon (or sun) with several stars. The Flag of the United States of America and the First National Flag of the Confederacy appear prominently in the center of the medal. The words “Pioneers in Space” are located at the top of the medal which is suspended from a sky blue ribbon by the intertwined initials, UDC. The words “United Daughters of the Confederacy” are at the very bottom of the medal at the base of the spaceship design.
List of all individuals who have received the Pioneers in Space Medal
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The criteria is as follows:
- Pioneers in Space Medal to those who have flown in space as a part of the U.S. Space Program
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- Pioneers in Space Certificate for Technical Achievement to those who have made significant contributions to the U.S. Space Program but who have not flown in space.
Pioneers in Space Medal Awarded by the
Oran M. Roberts Chapter 440, UDC
2 October 2009 - Sugar Land, Texas
Robert Laurel Crippen
Astronaut - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Captain, U.S. Navy (ret.)
Great-great-grandson of Isaac Francis Andress
Private, Co. C, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Alabama
7 June 2008 - Houston, Texas
Kenneth Dale Cockrell
Astronaut - Aerospace Engineer
Research Pilot - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Captain, U.S. Navy Reserves (ret.)
Great-great-grandson of Alvin Blakeney
Capt. J. P. Johnston’s Company (a/k/a Johnston’s Guards),
1st Infantry Battalion (Army of 10,000), Mississippi (Beckett’s)
Pioneers in Space Certificate for Technical Achievement
Awarded by the
Oran M. Roberts Chapter 440, UDC
13 June 2009 - Chapter Awards Bestowal Ceremony - Houston, Texas
James Paul Hatton, Sr.
Contract Engineer, employed by Boeing
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Grandson of James Franklin Compton
4th Sergeant - Co. I, 6th Mounted Infantry Regiment, Kentucky
7 June 2008 - Chapter Awards Bestowal Ceremony - Houston, Texas
Norman Henry Chaffee, III
NASA Engineer at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1962-1996)
Great-grandson of Robert Alexander Payne
Private - Capt. Kirkpatrick’s Co. (a/k/a Amherst Artillery), Virginia Light Artillery
2 June 2007 - Chapter Awards Bestowal Ceremony - Houston, Texas
Craig Richard Solien
Employed by Rockwell International at the Orbiter Processing Facility
Kennedy Space Center
Great-great-grandson of Lemuel Walters
Private - Co. K, 13th Cavalry Regiment, Texas
(also known as Capt. John T. Bean’s Co., Burnett’s Regiment)
26 Sep 1987 - Awards Ceremony - Houston, Texas
Henry Jackson Story
Contrace Engineer, employed by Lockheed
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Great-grandson of Alva S. Story
Private - Co. K, 34th Infantry Regiment, Alabama
26 Sep 1987 - Awards Ceremony - Houston, Texas
William Ronald McMurry
Aerospace Contractor, employed by Unisys Corp
Goddard Space Flight Center
Langley Research Center, Virginia
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Great-grandson of John Edward Carman
Private - Co. B, Capt. Wooten's Company, Texas Cavalry
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