Carl Sagan Memorial Award
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For the award presented by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP), see Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science.
The Carl Sagan Memorial Award is an award presented jointly by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and the Planetary Society to an individual or group with outstanding contributions to research or policies advancing exploration of the Cosmos. The annual award, first presented in 1997, was created in honor of American astronomer, astrobiologist and science popularizer, Carl Sagan (1934–1996).
[edit] Recipients
- 1997 Bruce Murray
- 1998 Wesley Huntress
- 1999 Ed Stone
- 2000 Arnauld Nicogossian
- 2001 Edward Weiler
- 2002 California and Carnegie Planet Search Team
- 2003 Roald Sagdeev
- 2004 Steven Squyres and the Athena Team
- 2005 Michael Malin
- 2006 G. Scott Hubbard
- 2007 Maria Zuber