Space Pioneer Awards
Space Pioneer Awards or NSS Space Pioneer Awards are the annual awards given by National Space Society, an independent non-profit educational membership organisation, to individuals and teams who have opened the space frontier.[1]
The awards are given in 13 categories and category is awarded each year.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission team won 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category.[2]
Categories
The 13 categories in which award could be given are:
- Business / Corporate
- Business / Entrepreneur
- Compelling Art
- Educator / Education
- Government Service (Non-legislative)
- Government Service (Legislative)
- Mass Media
- Public Awareness
- Scientist / Engineer
- Service to the Space Community
- Space Development
- Special Merit
- Wide Media