On July 23, 2004, she and all the other 13 astronauts lost in both the Challenger and Columbia disasters were posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush.
2004年7月23日，她和其他13名在挑战者号和哥伦比亚号灾难中遇难的宇航员被乔治·沃克·布什总统追授國會太空榮譽勳章。