Space Communicator Award

Space Communicator Award Trophy
Space Communicator Award Trophy.
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 in 1997 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.

Nominations

Nominations are due November 6, 2011 for the 2012 Space Communicator Award. To make a nomination, the Space Communicator Award nomination form must be completed. Direct any questions to RNASA Chairman Rodolfo González.

Previous Winners

2011 No Award
2010 No Award
2009 No Award
2008 Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History
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 Awards
1998 William Harwood of UPI, CBS, Space News, and The Washington Post

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