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 Dr. Goddard, the father of modern rocketry.[1] It is the primary award of the National Space Club presented during the Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner in Washington D.C..
| Year | Winner[2] |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Norman R. Augustine |
| 2009 | The Honorable Michael Griffin |
| 2008 | The Honorable Peter Teets |
| 2007 | Captain John W. Young, USN (Ret.) |
| 2006 | Dr. James A. 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 | The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin |
| 2000 | The Honorable Keith R. Hall |
| 1999 | The Honorable 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 R. Augustine |
| 1990 | Dr. Lew Allen, Jr. |
| 1989 | The Shuttle Return to Flight Team |
| 1988 | The Honorable James M. Beggs |
| 1987 | The Honorable 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 |