Military Astronautics Award

The Military Astronautics Award was established to recognize outstanding leadership in the application of astronautics to the development of space systems for national defense.

2008 - Gen Kevin P. Chilton
2007 - No Award Given
2006 - Hans Mark
2005 - Peter B. Teets
2004 - Rand H. Fisher
2003 - No Award Given
2002 - No Award Given
2001 - Maj Gen Richard W. Davis, USAF (Posthumously)
2000 - Gen Lester L. Lyles, USAF
1999 - Keith Hall
1998 - Lt Gen Roger G. DeKok, USAF
1997 - Gen Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF
1996 - LTG Donald M. Lionetti, US Army
1995 - Maj Gen David D. Bradburn, USAF
1994 - VADM Jerry O. Tuttle, USN
1993 - Maj Gen Nathan J. Lindsay, USAF
1992 - Eberhardt Rechtin
1991 - RADM Thomas C. Betterton, USN
1990 - Herbert F. York
1989 - Lt Gen James A. Abrahamson, USAF
1988 - Gen Robert T. Herres, USAF
1987 - Lt Gen Forrest S. McCartney, USAF
1986 - VADM William E. Ramsey, USN
1985 - Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
1984 - Norman Augustine
1983 - Gen Lew Allen, USAF
1982 - Gen Bernard A. Schriever, USAF

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Jul 27 — Deadline for AAS Awards Nominations

Aug 9-13 — AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
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Sep 14-17 — Space 2009 Conference & Exposition
Space: New Opportunities for a New Era
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, California

Oct 12-16 — International Astronautical Congress
Space for Sustainable Peace and Progress
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Daejeon, Korea

Oct 20-21 — 2nd Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama

Dec 2-3 — AAS Imagine ‘09: Ideas at Work
JSC Gilruth Center
Houston, Texas

Feb 5-10 — AAS Guidance and Control Conference
Breckenridge, Colorado

Feb 14-18 – AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
San Diego, California

Mar 10-11 — Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
Greenbelt, Maryland

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