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
2018Ann P. Over
2017Peggy Whitson
2016Robert Meyerson
2015Stamatios M. Krimigis
2014Norman R. Augustine
2013Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
2012Michael T. Suffredini
2011Space Shuttle Program
2010William H. Gerstenmaier
2009Glynn S. Lunney
2008A. Thomas Young
2007Charles J. Pellerin, Jr.
2006Robert G. Hoey
2005Charles Elachi
2004Harold W. Gehman, Jr.
2003Sally K. Ride
2002Roy S. Estess
2001John Glenn
2000Eileen M. Collins
1999Neil A. Armstrong
1998C. Michael Foale
1997Shannon W. Lucid
1996Edward C. Stone
1995Daniel S. Goldin
1994Carolyn L. Huntoon
1993John W. Young
1992Forrest S. McCartney
1990Aaron Cohen
1989John R. Casani
1988Robert O. Aller
1987James B. Odom
1986Eugene F. Kranz
1985Jesse W. Moore
1984James M. Beggs
1983George W. S. Abbey
1982Chester M. Lee
1981William R. Lucas
1980Robert F. Thompson
1979George W. Jeffs
1978Walter C. Williams
1977John F. Yardley
1976Sigurd A. Sjoberg
1975Maxime A. Faget, Walker E. Giberson
1974William C. Schneider
1973Rocco A. Petrone
1972Charles W. Mathews
1971Joseph G. Gavin, Jr.
1970Edgar M. Cortright
1969Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
1968George M. Low, George E. Mueller
1967Kurt H. Debus, William H. Pickering
1966Robert R. Gilruth
1965Hugh L. Dryden (Posthumously)
1962Charles Stark Draper
1961Fred L. Whipple
1960Homer E. Newell Jr.
1958James A. van Allen
1957Wernher von Braun
1956George W. Hoover
1955Hermann Oberth

See also

References
  1. http://www.astronautical.org/awards/space
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