The COSPAR Award honors a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to space science. All scientists working in any field covered by COSPAR are eligible for this award. From 2018 the IAU has named a minor planet for each COSPAR award recipient. The number of the minor planet appears below in parentheses.
Previous recipients
2024 |
Rosine Lallement (5447) |
2022 |
James W. Head, III (10110) and Alan Title (10113) |
2020 |
William J. Borucki (7864) and Ken McCracken (8258) |
2018 |
Jean-Pierre Bibring (18113) and Bruce T. Tsurutani (6313) |
2016 |
Charles L. Bennett and Anatoly I. Grigoriev |
2014 |
David J. McComas and Jean-Loup Puget |
2012 |
Janet Luhmann |
2010 |
Günther Hasinger and Steven W. Squyres |
2008 |
George Gloeckler and Ken Pounds |
2006 |
Eberhard Gruen and Atsuhiro Nishida |
2004 |
Jacques E. Blamont and Vasily I. Moroz |
2002 |
Stamatios M. Krimigis and Christopher T. Russell |
2000 |
Roger M. Bonnet and Donald M. Hunten |
1998 |
Catherine Cesarsky and Marcia Neugebauer |
1996 |
Norman F. Ness and Minoru Oda |
1994 |
Gerhard Haerendel and Joachim E. Trümper |
1992 |
Edward C. Stone Jr. |
1990 |
John A. Simpson |
1988 |
Konstantin I. Gringauz and S.L. Mandelshtam |
1986 |
Ludwig F. Biermann |
1984 |
James A. Van Allen |
Nomination requirements, form, and citations for the most recent award recipients.