Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy Explained

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

YearWinner[2]
2023Webb Telescope team [3]
2022Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team[4]
2021NASA & SpaceX Crew Demo-2 team[5]
2020William H. Gerstenmaier[6]
2019Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.[7]
2018John E. Hyten
2017New Shepard team
2016New Horizons team
2015Harold Rosen
2014Kepler team
2013Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team
2012GPS Originator Team
2011Simon Ramo, PhD
2010Norman R. Augustine
2009Michael D. Griffin
2008Peter B. Teets
2007Captain John W. Young, USN (Ret.)
2006Dr. James Van Allen
2005Mars Exploration Rover Project Team
2004STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Recovery Team
2003The STS-107 Crew
2002First International Space Station Expedition Crew
2001Daniel S. Goldin
2000Keith R. Hall
1999John Glenn
1998Dr. Sheila E. Widnall
1997Dr. Shannon W. Lucid
1996Jimmie D. Hill
1995Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr.
1994The Crew of Space Shuttle Mission 61
1993Forrest S. McCartney
1992The Magellan Project Team Leaders
1991Norman Ralph Augustine
1990Dr. Lew Allen, Jr.
1989The Shuttle Return to Flight Team
1988James M. Beggs
1987Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
1986Lieutenant General James A. Abrahamson
1985President Ronald Reagan
1984Congressman Don Fuqua
1983John F. Yardley
1982The Crewmen for STS 1 & 2
1981The NASA/JPL Voyager Team
1980The NASA/JPL Voyager Project Team
1979Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
1978Charles S. Draper
1977Viking Project Team
1976Frank E. Moss
1975The Skylab Astronauts[8]
1974Olin F. Teague
1973George M. Low
1972Clinton P. Anderson
1971James E. Webb
1970The Apollo 11 astronauts[9]
1969The Apollo 8 astronauts[10]
1968Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
1967George P. Miller
1966Lyndon B. Johnson
1965William H. Pickering
1964Hugh L. Dryden
1963John H. Glenn
1962Robert R. Gilruth
1961Lockheed Missiles & Space Division
1960Karol J. Bossard
1959Samuel K. Hoffman
1958Wernher von Braun

External links

National Space Club

Notes and References

  1. News: Rocket Scientist Robert Goddard . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016225831/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990613,00.html . dead . October 16, 2007 . Kluger . Jeffrey . March 29, 1999 . . 2010-04-23.
  2. Web site: Past Goddard Trophy Winners . National Space Club . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021642/https://www.spaceclub.org/events/gmd-trophy.html . 27 May 2022 .
  3. Web site: March 2023 . Webb Telescope Team Honored with Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy .
  4. Web site: 65th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220515210530/https://www.spaceclub.org/events/gmd-current.html . 15 May 2022.
  5. Web site: 64th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026222024/https://www.spaceclub.org/events/gmd-current.html . 26 October 2021.
  6. Web site: 63rd Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201117022145/https://www.spaceclub.org/events/gmd-current.html . 17 November 2020.
  7. Web site: 62nd Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720045810/https://www.spaceclub.org/events/gmd-current.html . 20 July 2019.
  8. News: Ford Praises Astronauts, Space Program. Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. April 12, 1975. 23. Newspapers.com. UPI.
  9. News: Astronauts of Apollo 11 to be Feted. The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. March 6, 1970. 10. Newspapers.com.
  10. News: NASA Deputy Moves to Top. Associated Press. Fort Lauderdale News. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 2. March 5, 1969. Newspapers.com.

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