This medal commemorates the work of the late William Nordberg and is awarded to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the application of space science in a field covered by COSPAR. From 2018 the IAU has named a minor planet for each COSPAR award recipient. The number of the minor planet appears below in parentheses.
Matt Griffin
Kanako Seki
Press release (in Japanese) issued by the School of Science, University of Tokyo
Previous recipients
| 2024 |
Matt Griffin (20062) and Kanako Seki (20063) |
| 2022 |
Gerda Horneck (10133) and Joyce E. Penner (10134) |
| 2020 |
Daniel J. McCleese (5641) |
| 2018 |
Christoph Reigber (6314) |
| 2016 |
Gordon Greeley Shepherd |
| 2014 |
Mikhail Ya. Marov |
| 2012 |
Herbert Fischer |
| 2010 |
Kuo-Nan Liou |
| 2008 |
Joe Waters |
| 2006 |
John P. Burrows |
| 2004 |
Louis J. Lanzerotti |
| 2002 |
Moustafa Chahine |
| 2000 |
Kenichi Ijiri |
| 1998 |
Anne M. Thompson |
| 1996 |
Charles Elachi |
| 1994 |
Pierre Morel |
| 1992 |
John Theodore Houghton |
| 1990 |
Desmond G. King-Hele |
| 1988 |
S. Ichtiaque Rasool |
Nomination requirements, form, and citations for the most recent award recipients.