What United States Air Force Officer and Astronaut, who is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, has an asteroid named after him?
51824 Mikeanderson 51824 Mikeanderson (2001 OE ) is an asteroid named for astronaut Mike Anderson, who was killed in the STS-107 ("Columbia") space shuttle reentry disaster on February 1, 2003. 51824 Mikeanderson was discovered on July 19, 2001, at Palomar Observatory by the JPL Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Program.
Clarence Dart Clarence W. Dart, Sr. (6 December 1920 – 17 February 2012) was a World War II fighter pilot and member of the Tuskegee Airmen. During World War II, he flew a total of 95 missions, and was shot down twice, earning two Purple Hearts. He was also the recipient of the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross with four oak leaf clusters. Dart collectively, not individually, received a Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on 29 March 2007. Dart died 17 February 2012 in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was 91.