Space Flight Award
The Space Flight Award is given annually by the American Astronautical Society to the person whose outstanding efforts and achievements have contributed most significantly to the advancement of space flight and space exploration. The Space Flight Award is the highest award bestowed by the AAS.[1]
| Year | Recipient | References |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ann P. Over | |
| 2017 | Peggy Whitson | |
| 2016 | Robert Meyerson | |
| 2015 | Stamatios M. Krimigis | |
| 2014 | Norman R. Augustine | |
| 2013 | Charles F. Bolden, Jr. | |
| 2012 | ||
| 2011 | Space Shuttle Program | |
| 2010 | William H. Gerstenmaier | |
| 2009 | Glynn S. Lunney | |
| 2008 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2005 | Charles Elachi | |
| 2004 | Harold W. Gehman, Jr. | |
| 2003 | Sally K. Ride | |
| 2002 | Roy S. Estess | |
| 2001 | John Glenn | |
| 2000 | Eileen M. Collins | |
| 1999 | Neil A. Armstrong | |
| 1998 | C. Michael Foale | |
| 1997 | Shannon W. Lucid | |
| 1996 | Edward C. Stone | |
| 1995 | Daniel S. Goldin | |
| 1994 | Carolyn L. Huntoon | |
| 1993 | John W. Young | |
| 1992 | Forrest S. McCartney | |
| 1990 | Aaron Cohen | |
| 1989 | John R. Casani | |
| 1988 | ||
| 1987 | James B. Odom | |
| 1986 | Eugene F. Kranz | |
| 1985 | ||
| 1984 | James M. Beggs | |
| 1983 | George W. S. Abbey | |
| 1982 | ||
| 1981 | William R. Lucas | |
| 1980 | Robert F. Thompson | |
| 1979 | ||
| 1978 | Walter C. Williams | |
| 1977 | John F. Yardley | |
| 1976 | ||
| 1975 | Maxime A. Faget, | |
| 1974 | William C. Schneider | |
| 1973 | Rocco A. Petrone | |
| 1972 | ||
| 1971 | Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. | |
| 1970 | Edgar M. Cortright | |
| 1969 | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. | |
| 1968 | George M. Low, George E. Mueller | |
| 1967 | Kurt H. Debus, William H. Pickering | |
| 1966 | Robert R. Gilruth | |
| 1965 | Hugh L. Dryden (Posthumously) | |
| 1962 | Charles Stark Draper | |
| 1961 | Fred L. Whipple | |
| 1960 | Homer E. Newell Jr. | |
| 1958 | ||
| 1957 | Wernher von Braun | |
| 1956 | George W. Hoover | |
| 1955 | Hermann Oberth |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- Spaceflight
- Awards of the American Astronautical Society