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