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SPACE
COMMUNICATOR AWARD
The Space Communicator Award is given to a professional
communicator who has made an important contribution to the public’s
understanding of and appreciation for the accomplishments of the American space
program. This category includes journalists, government public affairs
professionals, industry public relations professionals, broadcasters,
publishers, and public figures. The award category was first created in1997 in
memory of Stephen Gauvain, a space journalist with
KTRK/Houston ABC Channel 13, who served on the RNASA Foundation Board of
Advisors and helped with the annual program production until his untimely death
by car accident in 1996. He covered more than sixty space shuttle launches and
was a quarter finalist in NASA’s Journalist-in-Space
program.
The Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation has selected renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD, to receive the 2008 Space Communicator Award. The citation reads, “in recognition of his immense contributions to the public’s understanding of and appreciation for the importance of space exploration.” Tyson is an astrophysicist and the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Read press release.
2008 - Neil deGrasse Tyson
2007 - No Award
2006 –
Mark Carreau of the Houston Chronicle
2005 –
No Award
2004 –
NASA/Contractor Communications Team Members. NASA members; Allard Beutel, Bob Jacobs, Glenn Mahone,
Dan Carpenter, James Hartsfield, Eileen Hawley, Kyle Herring, Kelly Humphries,
Rob Navias, Steve Nesbitt, Bruce Buckingham, Bill
Johnson, Dave Drachlis, and June Malone. Contractor
members; Jeff Carr, Mike Curie, Kari Fluegel, Jessica
Rye, Kari Allen, Ed Memi, Jeff Adams, Marion Lanasa, and Bill Salvin.
2003 –
Elliot G. Pulham of the Space Foundation
2002 –
Miles O’Brien of CNN
1999 to 2001
– No Award
1998 –
William Harwood of UPI, CBS, Space News,
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