{"id":359131,"date":"2026-01-31T06:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/missions\/station\/iss-research\/cold-atom-laboratory\/nasa-honor-awards-for-cold-atom-lab-team-members\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T06:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:15:40","slug":"nasa-honor-awards-for-cold-atom-lab-team-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=359131","title":{"rendered":"NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA Cold Atom Lab team members were presented with the following NASA Honor Awards. From left to right, Kamal Oudrhiri, Sarah Rees, Jason Williams, and Ethan Elliott.<\/div>\n
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NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA\u2019s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements demonstrate the individual\u2019s effectiveness in advancing NASA\u2019s goals and image in present and future terms.<\/p>\n

Kamal Oudrhiri<\/strong> \u2013 For outstanding leadership of the Cold Atom Laboratory, NASA\u2019s first quantum laboratory in space.<\/em><\/p>\n

NASA EXCEPTIONAL SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Awarded for exceptional scientific contributions toward achievement of NASA\u2019s mission. This award is given for individual efforts that have resulted in a key scientific discovery or resulted in contribution(s) of fundamental importance in this field or significantly enhanced understanding of the field.<\/p>\n

Jason Williams<\/strong> \u2013 For exceptional scientific achievements enabling and performing the first pathfinding experiments in quantum sensing of inertial forces with atom interferometry in space.<\/em><\/p>\n

NASA EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Awarded for a significant specific achievement or substantial improvement in operations, efficiency, service, financial savings, science, or technology which contributes to the mission of NASA.<\/p>\n

Ethan Elliott<\/strong> \u2013 For exceptional achievement in generating the first quantum gas mixtures in space and using them to demonstrate dual species matter-wave interferometry for quantum tests.<\/em><\/p>\n

NASA EARLY CAREER ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This prestigious NASA medal is awarded for significant performance during the first 10 years of an individual\u2019s career in support of the NASA Mission. The contribution is significant, in that, for an employee who is at such an early phase of career, the contribution has substantially improved the discipline area.<\/p>\n

Sarah Rees<\/strong> \u2013 For early career achievement in anomaly recovery and complex operation efforts in support of the Cold Atom Laboratory on the International Space Station.<\/em><\/p>\n

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NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA\u2019s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements demonstrate the individual\u2019s effectiveness in advancing NASA\u2019s goals and image in present and future terms. Kamal Oudrhiri \u2013 For outstanding leadership of the Cold Atom Laboratory, NASA\u2019s first quantum laboratory in space. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16607,15651,15652,15607],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cold-atom-laboratory-cal","category-international-space-station-iss","category-iss-research","category-jet-propulsion-laboratory"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359132,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359131\/revisions\/359132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}