NINE KSC WORKERS HONORED BY NASA ASTRONAUTS



Lisa Fowler                                                            
                                                      March 24, 2004
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-1883)



KSC Release No. 13-04

Nine KSC Workers Honored by NASA Astronauts 

Nine civil service and contractor employees at Kennedy Space Center, 
Fla., recently were presented with NASA's prestigious Silver Snoopy 
Award for service to Space Shuttle astronauts.



Civil Service employees honored were Joseph T. Beardall and William C. 
Dowdell of the International Space Station/Payload Processing 
Directorate and Steven M. Neal of the United States Coast Guard.



Contractor employees honored were Paula K. Eri, James J. 
Druckenmiller, Patricia L. Johnson and Darrell E. Miller of Space 
Gateway Support; Michael Peacock, and Joseph E. Peters with the 
Boeing Company NASA Systems.



Astronaut Robert Behnken presented awards to Neal, Eri, Drunkenmiller, 
Johnson and Miller; Astronaut Jerry Ross presented awards to Beardall 
and Dowdell; Astronaut Doug Hurley presented to Peacock and Astronaut 
Kay Hire presented to Peters.



Snoopy, of the comic strip "Peanuts," has been the unofficial mascot 
of NASA's astronaut corps since the earliest days of human space 
flight. The Silver Snoopy Award was created by the astronauts to 
honor persons who contribute most to the safety and success of human 
space flight.



The award is presented to no more than 1 percent of the space center's 
work force each year. Recipients are given a silver pin depicting the 
famous beagle wearing a space suit. All the pins have flown on a 
previous Space Shuttle mission. The awardees also received a framed 
certificate and a congratulatory letter signed by the presenting 
astronaut.

	
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