Awards
The Space Foundation annually honors outstanding individuals and organizations for achievements in space exploration, advocacy, education, innovation and accomplishment. Award presentations, held throughout the National Space Symposium, highlight the best of the best in our industry.
See below for descriptions of the awards and the winners.
Recognizes lifetime contributions to humankind through exploration, development and use of space, space technology, information, themes or resources in academic, cultural, industrial or other pursuits
Honors an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to the public awareness and understanding of space programs
Presented by the Space Foundation, the Astronauts Memorial Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, recognizes outstanding contributions to technology education
Recognizes space achievement, breakthrough space technology or program or product success representing critical milestones in the evolution of space exploration and development
Recognizes extraordinary accomplishment by a company, space agency or corsortium of organizations for space exploration and discovery
Honors those who transform technology originally developed for space exploration into products that help improve the quality of life here on Earth
