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.

Previous recipients
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.