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U.S Air Force Lt Gen Ellen Pawlikowski, Commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), shakes hands with Dr. Bradford W. Parkinson, Chief Architect for the Global Positioning System (GPS) as she accepts the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy on behalf of the Global Positioning Systems Directorate in a ceremony attended by members of the GPS Originators team and held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Calif. on November 30th, 2012. The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is presented annually by the National Space Club to recognize significant contributions to United States leadership in the field of rocketry and astronautics. Past winners of the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy include Presidents Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson, Dr. Sheila Widnall, Dr. Charles Draper, the Apollo 11 astronauts, John Glenn (twice), and the crew who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice.)

PHOTO BY: Sarah Corrice.
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