Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award

The Space Foundation annually presents the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award in memory of the late Douglas S. Morrow, renowned Academy Award winning writer and producer, space advocate and former Space Foundation Board Member, to an individual or organization who has made significant contributions to the public awareness and understanding of space programs. The Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award is presented at the National Space Symposium.

In 2012 the award goes to the NASA Social Media Team for creative and pioneering use of social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter, actively engaging millions of people around the world, and even in orbit. Read about the award here. See awards photos here. See video here.

Pictured top: NASA Headquarters held its first Tweetup on July 21, 2009. Nearly 200 of NASA's Twitter followers attended the event, which featured a presentation and a Q&A session with the crew of the shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope (STS-125). From left, crew members Scott Altman, Gregory Johnson, Megan McArthur, Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld, Michael Good and Michael Massimino (photo - Carla Cioffi). Pictured above left: Team accepts award at the 28th National Space Symposium.

Recipients

2012 NASA Social Media Team
2011 Jay Barbree, NBC News; Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press; William Harwood, CBS News
2010 Leonard Nimoy
2009 Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
2008 Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts
2007 Col. Eileen M. Collins, USAF, Ret.
2006 Tom Hanks
2005 The Ansari X-Prize Foundation
2004 LIFE Magazine
2003 Robert T. McCall
2002 Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry
2001 Popular Science Magazine
2000 Space Awareness Alliance
1999 The Crew of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-95
1998 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1997 The Cable News Network (CNN)
1996 The Apollo 13 Movie Team
1995 Discovery Communication, Inc.