This Month in Space History: Gen. Tom Stafford Awarded Congressional Space Medal of Honor — Oklahoma Route 66 Association
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by Max Ary, Director of Stafford Air and Space Museum This month in Space History: January 19, 1993. General Tom Stafford is presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in the White House by Vice President Dan Quayle, in the absence of President George H. Bush.
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