Awards and Honors
- Inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame (2004)
- Who's Who In America; Who's Who In Science and Engineering
- Erskine Visiting Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, N.Z., (2001)
- Designated Honorary Conch and Citizen of the Florida Keys (2000)
- Participated in the 1998 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on an award-winning float ("Best Animation")
- Admitted to FSU's Circle of Gold Honorary Society (1998)
- A small portion of Jacksonville, Florida's 5th Street, in front of his alma mater, Paxon High School, renamed "Norman E. Thagard" Blvd (1998)
- Recognized in Guinness Book of Records for setting U.S. human space flight records (1997)
- The Society of NASA Flight Surgeons' 1997 W. Randolph Lovelace Award
- Recipient of Russia's Order of Friendship, presented personally by Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin (1996)
- Named as one of NASA's 15 "Superstars of Space Flight" (1996)
- Inducted into New Mexico's International Space Hall of Fame (1996)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' 1996 Jeffries Medical Research Award
- Aerospace Medical Association's 1996 Hubertus Strughold Award for Space Medicine
- At the request of the Smithsonian Institution, his Russian "SOKOL" space suit was donated to the National Air & Space Museum (1996)
- Henry G. Armstrong Lecturer in Aerospace Medicine (1996)
- Florida Senate Commendation Resolution (1996)
- City of Tallahassee Commendation Proclamation (1995 and 2004)
- Aviation Week & Space Technology's 1995 Laurels Award
- American Astronautical Society's 1983 and 1995 Melbourne W. Boynton Award
- Florida State University's "Grad Made Good" award (1983) and Wescott Medal (1995)
- Designated by the Commandant of the Marine Corps an honorary Naval Astronaut Pilot (1992)
- Florida State University's student health center designated the "Thagard Student Health Center" by legislative act (1986)
- NASA Space Flight Medals
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- NASA Sustained Superior Performance Award (twice)
- Air Medals (11)
- The Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V"
- The Marine Corps "E" Award
- The Vietnam Service Medal
- The Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm
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