The COSPAR Award honors a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to space science. All scientists working in any field covered by COSPAR are eligible for this award. From 2018 the IAU has named a minor planet for each COSPAR award recipient. The number of the minor planet appears below in parentheses.
Rosine Lallement
Previous recipients
| 2024 |
Rosine Lallement (5447) |
| 2022 |
James W. Head, III (10110) and Alan Title (10113) |
| 2020 |
William J. Borucki (7864) and Ken McCracken (8258) |
| 2018 |
Jean-Pierre Bibring (18113) and Bruce T. Tsurutani (6313) |
| 2016 |
Charles L. Bennett and Anatoly I. Grigoriev |
| 2014 |
David J. McComas and Jean-Loup Puget |
| 2012 |
Janet Luhmann |
| 2010 |
Günther Hasinger and Steven W. Squyres |
| 2008 |
George Gloeckler and Ken Pounds |
| 2006 |
Eberhard Gruen and Atsuhiro Nishida |
| 2004 |
Jacques E. Blamont and Vasily I. Moroz |
| 2002 |
Stamatios M. Krimigis and Christopher T. Russell |
| 2000 |
Roger M. Bonnet and Donald M. Hunten |
| 1998 |
Catherine Cesarsky and Marcia Neugebauer |
| 1996 |
Norman F. Ness and Minoru Oda |
| 1994 |
Gerhard Haerendel and Joachim E. Trümper |
| 1992 |
Edward C. Stone Jr. |
| 1990 |
John A. Simpson |
| 1988 |
Konstantin I. Gringauz and S.L. Mandelshtam |
| 1986 |
Ludwig F. Biermann |
| 1984 |
James A. Van Allen |
Nomination requirements, form, and citations for the most recent award recipients.