page_title: Hans Mark
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Hans Mark / Honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Hans M. Mark, former Secretary of the Air Force, receives the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award from General William Shelton, Air Force Space Command commander, during a banquet hosted by the Space Foundation in honor of Air Force Space Command’s 30th anniversary celebration Sept. 14, 2012, Colorado Springs, Colo. The award recognizes individuals for their significant role in the history of Air Force space and missile programs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz/Released)
context_page_description: Hans Michael Mark is a former Secretary of the Air Force and a former Deputy Administrator of NASA. He is an expert and consultant in aerospace design and national defense policy. Mark retired from the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering in July 2014.
context_section_description: Hans Mark is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the nation's highest honor for engineering professionals. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has received the 1999 Joe J. King Engineering Achievement Award and the 1999 George E. Haddaway Medal for Achievement in Aviation. Dr. Mark was recently honored for his contributions to the US military space program at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Astronautical Society. He received the 2006 Military Astronautics Award on November 14, 2006 at the society's annual meeting in Pasadena, California.
  In 2008, the Space Foundation awarded Mark its highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. It is presented annually to recognize outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through lifetime contributions to the welfare or betterment of humankind through the exploration, development and use of space, or the use of space technology, information, themes or resources in academic, cultural, industrial or other pursuits of broad benefit to humanity.
  In 2012, the Air Force Space Command awarded him the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Award. The award recognizes individuals for their significant role in the history of Air Force space and missile programs.
caption: Mark receiving the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Award in 2012
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