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.
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:
- Business / Corporate
- Business / Entrepreneur
- Compelling Art
- Educator / Education
- Government Service (Non-legislative)
- Government Service (Legislative)
- Mass Media
- Public Awareness
- Scientist / Engineer
- Service to the Space Community
- Space Development
- Special Merit
- Wide Media
List of recipients
- 2024 — Rod Pyle , Brian McManus , José M. Hernández
- 2023 — Jared Isaacman , Dr. Pascal Lee , Dr. David Livingston
- 2022 — Peter Beck, Rocket Lab , Kathryn Lueders , Ingenuity Mars Helocopter Team
- 2021 — Dr. Robert D. Braun , Robert Manning
- 2020 - Isaac Arthur , Steve Jurvetson , Dr. Peggy Whitson , Mission Juno Team, Dr. Scott J. Bolton , Dr. Phil Plait
- 2019 — Eileen Collins , Gerald Griffin , Jeffrey Manber , Miles O'Brien , Dr. Martine A. Rothblatt , Peter G. Wilhelm , Alfred M. Worden
- 2018 - Thomas Mueller
- 2015 - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), (Mars Orbiter Mission)
- 2011 - Elon Musk
- 2011 - Robert Bigelow
- 2011 - X-51A Waverider Team
- 2011 - Paul Spudis
- 2011 - Gordon R. Woodcock
- 2011 - George T. Whitesides
- 2010 - Ray D. Bradbury
- 2010 - George T. Whitesides
- 2010 - NASA-Ames LCROSS Mission Team
- 2009 - Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
- 2009 - John C. Mankins
- 2009 - Brian G. Marsden
- 2009 - Russell L. Schweickart
- 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.)
- 2008 - Anita E. Gale
- 2008 - Al Globus
- 2008 - Patricia Grace Smith
- 2007 - Kenneth Cox
- 2007 - Heinz-Hermann Koelle
- 2006 - Elon Musk
- 2006 - JAXA HAYABUSA (MUSES-C) Mission Team
- 2006 - Michael Griffin
- 2005 - Paul Allen
- 2005 - Mars Exploration Rover Team, accepted by Dr. Steven Squyres
- 2005 - Dr. Boris Smeds, ESA, for Cassini/Huygens mission
- 2004 - Rep. Sherwood Boehlert
- 2004 - Gary Pearce Barnhard
- 2004 - Randall Severy
- 2001 - Leonard David
- 2001 - Dr. Robert Farquhar, Mission Director, and the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission Team
- 1998 - George French for MoonLink
- 1998 - Alan Binder
- 1997 - Greg Allison
- 1997 - Rep. James Sensenbrenner, for Commercial Space Act of 1997
- 1997 - Mars meteorite team
- 1997 - Lori Garver
- 1996 - Charlie Chafer
- 1996 - Jeff Kluger
- 1996 - Peter Diamandis
- 1995 - Glenn Heinmiller
- 1995 - General Daniel Graham
- 1995 - Dr. Mark Albrecht
- 1994 - Dr. Stewart Nozette
- 1994 - Tim Kyger
- 1993 - McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Delta Clipper Team
- 1993 - Dr. Daniel Goldin
- 1992 - Westinghouse Electric Corporation Commercial and Civil Space Division
- 1992 - Barbara Morgan
- 1992 - Sen. Barbara Mikulski
- 1991 - Women in Aerospace
- 1991 - K. Eric Drexler
- 1990 - Orbital Sciences Corporation
- 1990 - Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology
- 1990 - Rep. Ron Packard
- 1990 - Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
- 1989 - 3M Corporation
- 1989 - James Bennett
- 1989 - Pat Rawlings
- 1989 - The Challenger Center
- 1989 - Sen. Jake Garn
- 1989 - Wendell Mendell
- 1988 - Gilbert W. Keyes, Boeing
- 1988 - Byron Lichtenberg
- 1988 - Dermot Burke and the Princeton Ballet for “A Tribute”
- 1988 - Kamil Naguib, World Aerospace Education Foundation
- 1988 - Rep. George Brown, Jr.
- 1988 - Doug Morrow, Richard MacLeod, U.S. Space Foundation
- 1988 - Thomas Rogers
- 1988 - Craig Covault
See also
References
- NSS Space Pioneer Awards
- "National Space Society Space Pioneer Awards - National Space Society". 3 August 2017.
- "National Space Society to Honor Isaac Arthur at Its 2020 International Space Development Conference - National Space Society". 2 March 2020.