Charles Conrad (1930-1999)

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NASA, X Prize Foundation Recognize 2007 Pete Conrad Award Winners

New Traveling Exhibit Unveiled With Spirit Of Innovation Trophy At NASA HQ



The winners of a national space-oriented high school competition, the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award, were recognized Friday in a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

To highlight the efforts of the students, the X Prize Foundation and NASA unveiled a new exhibit which will travel around the country called Spirit of Innovation. In addition, the X Prize Foundation announced that the Conrad Award Scroll, inscribed with the names of the winning team, will be carried to the International Space Station in the fall of 2008 by Richard Garriott.

NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and NASA Innovative Partnerships Program Director Doug Comstock were on hand to honor the winning teams of young people. The Innovative Partnerships Program, a mission support office at NASA Headquarters that promotes technology partnerships with industry and academia, provided $10,000 in support of the Award, including grant money to the top three teams’ schools. Comstock said, "These students represent the future of space exploration and NASA is proud to recognize and encourage their innovative ideas. We congratulate all the winners of the Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award."

First-place team "Michael and Talia" from Los Angeles helped unveil the traveling exhibit that features their winning entry. The exhibit also showcases the 2007 competition, which was held at the X Prize Cup at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, NM. Michael Hakimi and Talia Nour-Omid developed an idea for a device that would effectively monitor all of a human being’s vital signs while in space. The winning team received a $5,000 grant for their school and a trophy presented by Nancy Conrad, wife of the late Apollo astronaut Pete Conrad and creator of the Prize, and Erik Lindbergh, X Prize Foundation Trustee, great-grandson of Charles Lindbergh and designer and sculptor of the First Prize trophy.

Bretton Alexander, X Prize Foundation Executive Director of Space Prizes, and Nancy Conrad announced that the Conrad Award Scroll that lists the names of the winning team members will be carried to space by Richard Garriott on his Fall 2008 trip to the International Space Station. Said Conrad, "Pete’s goal was to open space to all travelers. Through the Spirit of Innovation Award, we are bringing space to people before we can bring people to space. We are passing the torch to the next generation of space travelers. Nothing shows that better than Richard carrying the scroll to the Space Station. Richard’s father Owen was an astronaut on Skylab, and now Richard is going up. And we are all connected, because it was Pete’s mission that rescued Skylab and made it possible for Owen to fly."

Students from the other top two teams also attended the event. Samantha Hopkins represented Team Gad Astro from Northbrook, IL, who won the second place award with their concept of a self-healing material that would rapidly fix any punctures, maintaining safety in space. Christo Magri represented Team Penguin Education from Friendswood, TX, who won third place with their idea for a company that works with private and public schools to provide a high level of space education.

The Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award is a competition for teams of high school students to create a concept to benefit the personal spaceflight industry. Teams submitted graphical representations, technical documents and business plans of concepts. The 10 finalist teams traveled to Alamogordo, NM, to present their business plans to a panel of judges and to the public, who voted on their favorite team.

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. was the third man to walk on the moon and served on Gemini 5 and 11, Apollo 12, and Skylab 2 missions. Conrad was the recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor awarded for his rescue of Skylab. He was posthumously awarded the Ambassador of Exploration Award by NASA in 2006.

FMI: www.nasa.gov, www.xprize.org
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c8a0d40b-5081-43b6-afcd-f2b876e7408b
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/conrad_foundation.html
https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/1796994252121006148

Born 2 June 1930. Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. American naval officer, test pilot, astronaut, engineer and third man to set foot on the Moon.

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Pete Conrad (2 June 1930 - 8 July 1999), family man, naval aviator, [1962-74] NASA astronaut (Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2), moonwalker, company executive & COLOURFUL. According to Mike Collins, he should have played 'Pete Conrad' in a Pete Conrad movie.  SKYLAB@50

https://twitter.com/aisoffice/status/1677576488126672896

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NASA History Office @NASAhistory 4:15 PM · Jun 2, 2016
#Remembering Astronaut Pete Conrad, commander of Apollo 12 & the 3rd person to walk on the Moon, on his #birthday

https://twitter.com/nasahistory/status/738373358555910144

Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts
#ASEspotlight: Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. 🌠
In October 1969, ASE member Conrad piloted a Lunar Landing Training Vehicle during a lunar simulation flight.
Fun fact: His motto was "If you can't be good, be colorful"!
Today, we remember Pete on his 95th birthday. ✨

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1929674487928099195

CONTACT LIGHT ‪@contactlight.de‬ 1 Jun 2025 22:43
#happybirthday #otd june 2, 1930
The one and only astronaut  Pete Conrad  (during desert survival training in 1963)
„When you can't be good, be colorful“ 

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