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The COSPAR Space Science 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.
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.