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Welcome & The Spirit of Space Award Presented by The Astronauts Memorial Foundation
The Spirit of Space Award recognizes a leader whose career has fundamentally strengthened the nation’s and the world’s ability to reach, operate in, and depend on space - not just through technical achievement, but through institution-building, stewardship, and long-term vision.
Presented by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation at Commercial Space Week, this award honors individuals who have worked behind the scenes to ensure that access to space is safe, resilient, sustainable, and enduring - so that human and commercial activity in space can continue to grow for generations.
The Astronauts Memorial Foundation exists to honor the lives lost in pursuit of space exploration and to ensure that their legacy lives on through continued progress, responsibility, and inspiration. In that spirit, this award recognizes leaders who have carried that responsibility forward - building the structures, policies, partnerships, and capabilities that make modern spaceflight possible and protect its future.
As Commercial Space Week brings together civil, military, and commercial leaders shaping the next era of space, this award celebrates the bridge-builders - those whose careers span government, industry, and national service, and whose work ensures that exploration, commerce, and security in space remain possible, trusted, and sustainable.
This is not an award for a single mission or moment, but for a body of work that has strengthened the foundation upon which all space activity rests.
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