Collection awards and certificates from the personal collection of NASA engineer Milton J. 'Jack' Neubauer, Jr. The awards date to his career working with NASA, Grumman Aerospace, and the Langley Research Center, with most certificates bearing facsimile signatures of administrators like Robert Gilruth, Thomas O. Paine, James C. Fletcher, and Richard Petersen. The awards include:
- Apollo Achievement Award for contributions that culminated in “Apollo 11's successful achievement of man's first landing on the moon”
- Group Achievement Award presented to Grumman Aerospace Corporation Crew Training and Simulation Team for the “Apollo 16 lunar landing mission”
- Group Achievement Award presented to the “Apollo 11 Mission Operations Team”
- Group Achievement Award to Viking Project Office, Langley Research Center
- NASA Fifteen Year Service Award dated May 5, 1986
- Langley Research Center “Certificate of Appreciation” as a “member of the Viking Project office staff,” signed by James Slattin Martin, Jr., and Edgar M. Cortright
- Unissued Grumman Aerospace Corporation certificate for the success of Lunar Module 11 and the Apollo 16 mission
Also included: a NASA emblem plaque with engraved plate, “1973 - 1987, Presented to Milton J. Neubauer, Jr., From Your Friends at Langley Research Center,” with associated Langley Research Center album containing his retirement certificate; two vintage NASA lapel pins; three business cards (NASA and Grumman); Project Viking ephemera, including decals and a congratulatory letter from President Jimmy Carter; and a 10-year commemorative certificate for the Apollo 11 mission, the latter two items bearing facsimile signatures of President Carter. In overall fine condition.
From the estate of NASA engineer Milton J. "Jack" Neubauer, Jr
