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.
Gerda Horneck

Joyce E. Penner
Previous recipients
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.