History Manuscript Award Open for Nominations 10 February 2025 – 1 June 2025
The History Manuscript Award is presented for the best historical manuscript dealing with the science, technology, and/or impact of aeronautics and astronautics on society. The purpose of the award is to provide professional recognition to an author who makes a major and original contribution to the history of aeronautics or astronautics.
This annual award is generally presented at the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AIAA SciTech Forum), but may be presented at the Forum which matches the focus of the selected manuscript.
Deadlines:
Accepting Online Nominations: 10 February
Nomination Deadline: 1 June
Endorsement Letters Deadline: 1 July
Award Recipients
2024
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Aaron M BatemanAwardedAward: 2024 AIAA History Manuscript AwardAIAA Citation: Book: A Space Renaissance: The Strategic Defense Initiative and the Arms Race
2023
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Dr Cathleen Susan LewisAwardedAward: 2023 AIAA History Manuscript AwardAIAA Citation: Manuscript: "Cosmonaut: A Cultural History"
2020
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Glen R AsnerAwarded-CoRecipientsAward: “Untethering Spaceflight: A History of U.S. Space Exploration Policy 1999-2004”AIAA Citation: Presented at 2020 AIAA SciTech
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Mr. Stephen J GarberNASA HeadquartersAwarded-CoRecipientsAward: “Untethering Spaceflight: A History of U.S. Space Exploration Policy 1999-2004”AIAA Citation: Presented at 2020 AIAA SciTech
2019
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Anthony ChongNorthrop Grumman CorporationAwardedAward: Flying Wings & Radical Things: Northrop’s Secret Aerospace Projects & Concepts 1939-1994AIAA Citation: Flying Wings & Radical Things: Northrop’s Secret Aerospace Projects & Concepts 1939-1994
2018
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Dr Amy KaminskiNASAAwardedAward: Sharing the Shuttle with America: NASA and Public Engagement After ApolloAIAA Citation: Sharing the Shuttle with America: NASA and Public Engagement After Apollo
2017
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Dr Layne KarafantisSmithsonian National Air & Space MuseumAwardedAIAA Citation: Fort he book, "Under Control: Constructing the Nerve Centers of the Cold War"
2016
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Dr Alexander C MacDonaldAwardedAIAA Citation: For the manuscript: "The Long Space Age: An Economic Perspective on the History of the American Space Exploration"
2015
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Frederick A JohnsenAwardedAIAA Citation: "Sweeping Forward"
2014
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Lawrence R BensonAwardedAIAA Citation: "Quieting the Boom"
2013
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Bruce LarrimerLarrimer AssociatesAwardedAIAA Citation: "Thinking Obliquely: Robert T. Jones, His Oblique Wing and Its Legacy"
2012
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R. Cargill HallAwardedAIAA Citation: “Ace of Chaos: Frank G. Tinker and the Air War In Spain.”
2011
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Dr Roger D LauniusLaunius Historical ServicesAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: “Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space.”
2007
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Dr Thor HoganThe Rand CorporationAwardedAIAA Citation: Mars Wars
2006
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Mr. John D HunleyAwardedAIAA Citation: “The Development of Propulsion Technology for U.S. Space-Launch Vehicles.”
2005
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Mr. Mark D BowlesTech ProAwardedAIAA Citation: “The Reactor in the Garden: NASA’s Nuclear Frontier at Plumbrook Station”
2004
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Mr. Mark D BowlesTech ProAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: “Celestial Fire: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket, 1958-2002”
2003
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Dr Roger D LauniusLaunius Historical ServicesAwardedAIAA Citation: Base Camp to the Stars: The Space Station in the Twentieth Century
2001
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Andrew J DunarAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: “Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990”
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Mr. Stephen P WaringThe University of AlabamaAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: “Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1990”
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Lt Col Dik A Daso, PhDNational Air & Space MuseumAwardedAward: 2001 AIAA History Manuscript Award
1999
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Dr Deborah G DouglasMassachusettes Institute of TechnologyAwarded
1998
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Asif SiddiqiAwardedAIAA Citation: "The Early Years of Space Exploration in the Soviet Union"
1997
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Joseph N TartarewiczAwardedAIAA Citation: "Exploring the Solar System: The History of Planetary Geosciences Since Galieo"
1995
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Mr. Michael J NeufeldNational Air & Space MuseumAwardedAIAA Citation: "The Rocket and the Reich"
1994
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E Ralph RundellAwardedAIAA Citation: "The Hunt for Warrior’s Wings"
1993
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Donald C ElderAwardedAIAA Citation: "From Behind the Eight-Ball: The Story of Echo I"
1987
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Mr James R HansenAuburn UniversityAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: "Growing up with Flight: The Memoirs of Aeronautical Engineering Fred E. Weick, Volume I"
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Fred E WeickAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: "Growing up with Flight: The Memoirs of Aeronautical Engineering Fred E. Weick, Volume I"
1984
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Dr Scott PaceSpace Policy InstituteAwardedAIAA Citation: "Engineering Design and Political Choice: The Space Shuttle 1969-1972"
1981
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E J W GregoryAwardedAIAA Citation: "Radio Takes Flight"
1980
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Richard HirshAwardedAIAA Citation: "Science, Technology, and Public Policy: The Case of X-Ray Astronomy, 1959-1972"
1979
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Dr Roger E BilsteinUniversity of Houston-Clear LakeAwardedAIAA Citation: "Stages to Space: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles"
1978
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Dr Edward C EzellSmithsonian InstitutionAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: Viking's Search for Landing Sites on Mars
1977
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Dr Tom D CrouchNational Air & Space MuseumAwardedAIAA Citation: "To Ride the Fractious Horse: The American Aeronautical Community and the Problem of Heavier-Than-Air Flight, 1875-1905"
1975
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Dr Richard P HallionAwardedAIAA Citation: "Legacy of Flight: The Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the promotion of aeronautics and the formative era of American aviation"
1973
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William M Leary Jr.AwardedAIAA Citation: "The Dragon’s Wings: The China National Aviation Corporation and the Development of Commercial Aviation in China"
1972
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Mr. Richard K SmithAwardedAIAA Citation: "First Across - U.S. Navy Trans-Atlantic Flight of 1919"
1971
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Richard C. LukasAwardedAIAA Citation: "Eagles East: The Army Air Force and the Soviet Union"
1969
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Milton LomaskAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: "A History of Project Vanguard"
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Constance McLaughlin GreenAwarded-CoRecipientsAIAA Citation: "A History of Project Vanguard"