AIAA Award for Aerospace Excellence

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The AIAA Award for Aerospace Excellence honors a unique achievement by a group or team in the aerospace community that is shaping the future of aerospace–and inspiring the next generation to pursue careers in aerospace.

Award Recipients

2023

  • Double Asteroid Redirection Test Team (DART)
    Double Asteroid Redirection Test Team (DART)
    Awarded
    Award: 2023 AIAA Award for Aerospace Excellence; Accepting the award on behalf of the DART Team are Jeremy John, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Lindley Johnson, NASA
    AIAA Citation: “In recognition of humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object by a team of protectors of our home planet.”