Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy

The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy presented annually by the National Space Club.

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

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

1. Kluger, Jeffrey (March 29, 1999). "Rocket Scientist Robert Goddard". Time. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
2. "Past Goddard Trophy Winners". National Space Club. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. "Webb Telescope Team Honored with Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy". March 2023.
4. "65th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
5. "64th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
6. "63rd Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
7. "62nd Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner Awardees". Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
8. "Ford Praises Astronauts, Space Program". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. UPI. April 12, 1975. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Astronauts of Apollo 11 to be Feted". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. Associated Press. March 6, 1970. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "NASA Deputy Moves to Top". Fort Lauderdale News. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Associated Press. March 5, 1969. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

National Space Club