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 –

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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 Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, h ...

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 –

*1985 – James D. van Hoften, William F. Fisher,

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, and Sherwood C. Spring *1986 –

Joseph P. Allen Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV (born June 27, 1937) is a former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft. Early life and education Allen was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on June 27, 1937. His parents, Mr. ...

*1987 – Joseph J. Kosmo and Hubert C. Vykukal *1988 – Michael Brzezinski *1989 – 'No award'' *1990 –

*1992 –

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*1993 – STS-49 Extravehicular Crew:

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Pierre J. Thuot Pierre Joseph Thuot (; born May 19, 1955) is a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He went into space three times, spending over 650 hours in space, including over 15 hours in three space walks. He is a former U.S. record holde ...

, Richard J. Hieb, and

Kathryn C. Thornton Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton (born August 17, 1952) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the Univer ...

*1994 – STS-61 Extravehicular Crew:

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, and

*1995 – Clifford W. Hess, Scott A. Bleisath, Mark C. Lee *1996 – Willy Z. Sadeh *1997 – Alan M. Rochford *1998 –

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*1999 –

and James H. Newman *2000 –

Michael L. Gernhardt Michael Landon Gernhardt (born May 4, 1956) is a NASA astronaut and manager of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Personal life ...

*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''

References

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