The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to an individual or group determined to have made the most impact on space activities over the past year. It is named after Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry. It is the primary award of the National Space Club presented during the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C.Past winners of the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy
List of award winners Year Winner2023Webb Telescope team 2022 Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team 2021 NASA & SpaceX Crew Demo-2 team 2020 William H. Gerstenmaier 2019 Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. 2018 John E. Hyten 2017 New Shepard team 2016 New Horizons team 2015 Harold Rosen 2014 Kepler team 2013 Curiosity/Mars Science Laboratory team 2012 GPS Originator Team 2011 Simon Ramo, PhD 2010 Norman R. Augustine 2009 Michael D. Griffin 2008 Peter B. Teets 2007 Captain John W. Young, USN (Ret.) 2006 Dr. James Van Allen 2005 Mars Exploration Rover Project Team 2004 STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Recovery Team 2003 The STS-107 Crew 2002 First International Space Station Expedition Crew 2001 Daniel S. Goldin 2000 Keith R. Hall 1999 John Glenn 1998 Dr. Sheila E. Widnall 1997 Dr. Shannon W. Lucid 1996 Jimmie D. Hill 1995 Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. 1994 The Crew of Space Shuttle Mission 61 1993 Forrest S. McCartney 1992 The Magellan Project Team Leaders 1991 Norman Ralph Augustine 1990 Dr. Lew Allen, Jr. 1989 The Shuttle Return to Flight Team 1988 James M. Beggs 1987 Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. 1986 Lieutenant General James A. Abrahamson 1985 President Ronald Reagan 1984 Congressman Don Fuqua 1983 John F. Yardley 1982 The Crewmen for STS 1 & 2 1981 The NASA/JPL Voyager Team 1980 The NASA/JPL Voyager Project Team 1979 Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. 1978 Charles S. Draper 1977 Viking Project Team 1976 Frank E. Moss 1975 The Skylab Astronauts 1974 Olin F. Teague 1973 George M. Low 1972 Clinton P. Anderson 1971 James E. Webb 1970 The Apollo 11 astronauts 1969 The Apollo 8 astronauts 1968 Robert C. Seamans, Jr. 1967 George P. Miller 1966 Lyndon B. Johnson 1965 William H. Pickering 1964 Hugh L. Dryden 1963 John H. Glenn 1962 Robert R. Gilruth 1961 Lockheed Missiles & Space Division 1960 Karol J. Bossard 1959 Samuel K. Hoffman 1958 Wernher von Braun
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