Boeing Employee Receives "Silver Snoopy" Award

COCOA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 5, 1996 - The NASA Space Flight Awareness (SFA) "Silver Snoopy" award has been awarded to Boeing Aerospace Operations Inc. employee Ronald Buckley, in a surprise visit from astronaut Pam Melroy.

Melroy visited Buckley in Boeing Oct. 24 to present the "Silver Snoopy" pin, which was flown on space shuttle Columbia on Oct. 18, 1993.

The "Silver Snoopy" is the NASA astronauts' personal achievement award for outstanding and exemplary work for individuals from either government or the industry in support of the space flight program.

"Ron plays a key role in assuring that the closed circuit TV units support astronaut crews aboard the space shuttle," said Richard Burns, Boeing Flight Equipment Processing Contract KSC Operations manager. "Ron is a dedicated and conscientious employee and I am very glad he has received this award."

The NASA SFA program was created to instill in all personnel an awareness of their personal responsibility for assuring mission success and the exemplary performance necessary to achieve that success.