LCROSS - Awards

Awards

LCROSS has received numerous awards for its technical, managerial, and scientific accomplishments.

  • 2010: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporate 2010 Award for Excellence (Northrop Grumman team)
  • 2010: Popular Mechanics magazine's 2010 Breakthrough Award for innovation in science and technology.
  • 2010: NASA Honor Award – Group Achievement, (LCROSS Science Team)
  • 2010: NASA Honor Award – Group Achievement, (LCROSS Mission Operations Team)
  • 2010: NASA Honor Award – Group Achievement, for “outstanding professionalism, innovation in outreach and education, and for integrating outreach for two missions into one launch.” (LRO/LCROSS/LPRP EPO teams)
  • 2010: NASA Honor Award - Outstanding Leadership Medal, (Dan Andrews & Tony Colaprete)
  • 2010: NASA Honor Award - Group Achievement, LCROSS Science and Payload Team
  • 2010: NASA Ames Honor Award, category “Exceptional Achievement” (Rusty Hunt & Ken Galal)
  • 2010: Northrop Grumman AS Sector President’s Award, category “Operational Excellence” (Northrop Grumman team)
  • 2010: Aviation Week Laureate Award Nominee, Category “Space”
  • 2010: Space Foundation “John L. 'Jack' Swigert Jr., Award for Space Exploration”
  • 2010: National Space Society “Space Pioneer Award” 2009, Category “Science and Engineering”
  • 2010: Northrop Grumman “Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award”, 55th Annual Engineering Council
  • 2010: NASA OCE Systems Engineering Award, NASA Office of Chief Engineer
  • 2010: Aviation Week 2009 Program Excellence Award, Category “System Level Production & Sustainment”
  • 2009: Northrop Grumman Technical Services’ “Award for Excellence”: 2009, (LCROSS team)
  • 2009: NASA Ames Honor Award, category “team” (LCROSS Team)
  • 2009: NASA Ames Honor Award, category “Engineering” (Tom Luzod)
  • 2009: NASA Honor Award - Exceptional Achievement Medal, (Dan Andrews)
  • 2009: NASA Honor Award - Group Achievement, LCROSS Project Team
  • 2008: ILEWG International Lunar Exploration “Technology Award”, for the development of advanced technologies within hard constraints of short time and cost
  • 2008: NASA Ames Honor Award, category “Engineering” (Bob Barber)
  • 2008: Northrop Grumman “Mission Excellence” Award, LCROSS Spacecraft Team
  • 2007: NASA Ames Honor Award - Group Achievement, Successful completion of CDR
  • 2006: NASA Ames Honor Award, category “Project Management” (Dan Andrews)

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