Congressional Space Medal of Honor is awarded by a person.
  Second is NASA Astronaut Group 8 which received five awards, four for astronauts killed in the Challenger Disaster (Shannon Lucid is the only Group 8 astronaut to receive the award who was not killed in the Challenger Disaster)
 The award is a separate decoration from the Medal of Honor, which is a military award for extreme bravery and gallantry in combat

