Space Pioneer Awards

Space Pioneer Awards or NSS Space Pioneer Awards are the annual awards given by National Space Society, an independent non-profit educational membership organisation, to individuals and teams who have opened the space frontier.[1]

The awards are given in 13 categories. Generally, three or more Space Pioneer awards are given per year, so not every category is awarded each year.

Categories

The 13 categories in which award could be given are:

  1. Business / Corporate
  2. Business / Entrepreneur
  3. Compelling Art
  4. Educator / Education
  5. Government Service (Non-legislative)
  6. Government Service (Legislative)
  7. Mass Media
  8. Public Awareness
  9. Scientist / Engineer
  10. Service to the Space Community
  11. Space Development
  12. Special Merit
  13. Wide Media

List of recipients[2]

  • 2008 - "The Caballeros" Col. Mike Hornitschek, USAF, Col. M.V. “Coyote” Smith, USAF, Lt. Col. Peter Garretson, USAF, Lt. Col. Paul Damphousse, USMC, and Gen. James Armor (Ret.) [Space Development]
  • 2008 - Anita E. Gale [Education]
  • 2008 - Al Globus [Education]
  • 2008 - Patricia Grace Smith [Government Service (Non-legislative)]
  • 2006 - Elon Musk [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 2006 - JAXA HAYABUSA (MUSES-C) Mission Team [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 2006 - Michael Griffin [Space Development]
  • 2004 - Rep. Sherwood Boehlert [Government Service (Legislative)]
  • 2004 - Gary Pearce Barnhard [Special Merit - Space Activist of the Year]
  • 2004 - Randall Severy [Special Merit - Space Activist of the Year]
  • 2001 - Leonard David [Mass Media]
  • 2001 - Dr. Robert Farquhar, Mission Director, and the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission Team [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1998 - George French for MoonLink [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 1998 - Alan Binder [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1997 - Greg Allison [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 1997 - Rep. James Sensenbrenner, for Commercial Space Act of 1997 [Government Service (Legislative)]
  • 1997 - Mars meteorite team [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1997 - Lori Garver [Special Merit]
  • 1996 - Charlie Chafer [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 1996 - Jeff Kluger [Mass Media]
  • 1996 - Peter Diamandis [Special Merit]
  • 1994 - Dr. Stewart Nozette [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1994 - Tim Kyger [Special Merit]
  • 1993 - McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Delta Clipper Team [Business/Corporate]
  • 1993 - Dr. Daniel Goldin [Special Merit]
  • 1991 - Women in Aerospace [Public Awareness]
  • 1991 - K. Eric Drexler [Space Development]
  • 1990 - Orbital Sciences Corporation [Business/Corporate]
  • 1990 - Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 1990 - Rep. Ron Packard [Government Service (Legislative)]
  • 1990 - Lyman Spitzer, Jr. [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1989 - 3M Corporation [Business/Corporate]
  • 1989 - James Bennett [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 1989 - Pat Rawlings [Compelling Art]
  • 1989 - The Challenger Center [Education]
  • 1989 - Sen. Jake Garn [Government Service (Legislative)]
  • 1989 - Wendell Mendell [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1988 - Gilbert W. Keyes, Boeing [Business/Corporate]
  • 1988 - Byron Lichtenberg [Business/Entrepreneur]
  • 1988 - Dermot Burke and the Princeton Ballet for “A Tribute” [Compelling Art]
  • 1988 - Kamil Naguib, World Aerospace Education Foundation [Education]
  • 1988 - Rep. George Brown, Jr. [Government Service (Legislative)]
  • 1988 - Doug Morrow, Richard MacLeod, U.S. Space Foundation [Mass Media]
  • 1988 - Thomas Rogers [Scientist/Engineer]
  • 1988 - Craig Covault [Wide Media]

See also

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