This medal commemorates the work of the late William Nordberg and is awarded to a scientist who has made a distinguished contribution to the application of space science in a field covered by COSPAR. From 2018 the IAU has named a minor planet for each COSPAR award recipient.  The number of the minor planet appears below in parentheses.


Matt Griffin

Kanako Seki

Press release (in Japanese) issued by the School of Science, University of Tokyo


Previous recipients

2024Matt Griffin (20062) and Kanako Seki (20063)
2022Gerda Horneck (10133) and Joyce E. Penner (10134)
2020Daniel J. McCleese (5641)
2018Christoph Reigber (6314)
2016Gordon Greeley Shepherd
2014Mikhail Ya. Marov
2012Herbert Fischer
2010Kuo-Nan Liou
2008Joe Waters
2006John P. Burrows
2004Louis J. Lanzerotti
2002Moustafa Chahine
2000Kenichi Ijiri
1998Anne M. Thompson
1996Charles Elachi
1994Pierre Morel
1992John Theodore Houghton
1990Desmond G. King-Hele
1988S. Ichtiaque Rasool

Nomination requirements, form, and citations for the most recent award recipients.