The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to an individual or group determined to have made the most impact on space activities over the past year. It is named after Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry.[1] It is the primary award of the National Space Club presented during the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C.
List of award winners
edit| Year | Winner[2] |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Webb Telescope team [3] |
| 2022 | Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team[4] |
| 2021 | NASA & SpaceX Crew Demo-2 team[5] |
| 2020 | William H. Gerstenmaier[6] |
| 2019 | Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.[7] |
| 2018 | John E. Hyten[2] |
| 2017 | New Shepard team[2] |
| 2016 | New Horizons team[2] |
| 2015 | Harold Rosen[2] |
| 2014 | Kepler team[2] |
| 2013 | Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team[2] |
| 2012 | GPS Originator Team |
| 2011 | Simon Ramo, PhD |
| 2010 | Norman R. Augustine |
| 2009 | Michael D. Griffin |
| 2008 | Peter B. Teets |
| 2007 | Captain John W. Young, USN (Ret.) |
| 2006 | Dr. James Van Allen |
| 2005 | Mars Exploration Rover Project Team |
| 2004 | STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Recovery Team |
| 2003 | The STS-107 Crew |
| 2002 | First International Space Station Expedition Crew |
| 2001 | Daniel S. Goldin |
| 2000 | Keith R. Hall |
| 1999 | John Glenn |
| 1998 | Dr. Sheila E. Widnall |
| 1997 | Dr. Shannon W. Lucid |
| 1996 | Jimmie D. Hill |
| 1995 | Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. |
| 1994 | The Crew of Space Shuttle Mission 61 |
| 1993 | Forrest S. McCartney |
| 1992 | The Magellan Project Team Leaders |
| 1991 | Norman Ralph Augustine |
| 1990 | Dr. Lew Allen, Jr. |
| 1989 | The Shuttle Return to Flight Team |
| 1988 | James M. Beggs |
| 1987 | Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. |
| 1986 | Lieutenant General James A. Abrahamson |
| 1985 | President Ronald Reagan |
| 1984 | Congressman Don Fuqua |
| 1983 | John F. Yardley |
| 1982 | The Crewmen for STS 1 & 2 |
| 1981 | The NASA/JPL Voyager Team |
| 1980 | The NASA/JPL Voyager Project Team |
| 1979 | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. |
| 1978 | Charles S. Draper |
| 1977 | Viking Project Team |
| 1976 | Frank E. Moss |
| 1975 | The Skylab Astronauts[8] |
| 1974 | Olin F. Teague |
| 1973 | George M. Low |
| 1972 | Clinton P. Anderson |
| 1971 | James E. Webb |
| 1970 | The Apollo 11 astronauts[9] |
| 1969 | The Apollo 8 astronauts[10] |
| 1968 | Robert C. Seamans, Jr. |
| 1967 | George P. Miller |
| 1966 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 1965 | William H. Pickering |
| 1964 | Hugh L. Dryden |
| 1963 | John H. Glenn |
| 1962 | Robert R. Gilruth |
| 1961 | Lockheed Missiles & Space Division |
| 1960 | Karol J. Bossard |
| 1959 | Samuel K. Hoffman |
| 1958 | Wernher von Braun |
References
edit- ^ Kluger, Jeffrey (March 29, 1999). "Rocket Scientist Robert Goddard". Time. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Past Goddard Trophy Winners". National Space Club. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Webb Telescope Team Honored with Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy". March 2023.
- ^ "65th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "64th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "63rd Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "62nd Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Ford Praises Astronauts, Space Program". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. UPI. April 12, 1975. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Astronauts of Apollo 11 to be Feted". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. March 6, 1970. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NASA Deputy Moves to Top". Fort Lauderdale News. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Associated Press. March 5, 1969. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.