The Eugene M. Emme Award is an

award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be d ...

given annually to a person or persons selected by a panel of reviewers from the

American Astronautical Society Formed in 1954, the American Astronautical Society (AAS) is an independent scientific and technical group in the United States dedicated to the advancement of space science and space exploration. AAS supports NASA The National Aeronau ...

History Committee to recognize "the truly outstanding book published each year serving public understanding about the positive impact of

astronautics Astronautics (or cosmonautics) is the practice of sending spacecraft beyond atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Spaceflight is one of its main applications and space science is its overarching field. The term ''astronautics' ...

upon society." The award is in honor of Eugene M. Emme,

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

's first historian.

List of recipients

Source
American Astronautical Society
*2023 - No award given *2022 - ''Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) by Hugh R. Slotten *2021 - ''The Burning Blue: The Untold Story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA’s Challenger Disaster'' (Henry Holt and Co.) by Kevin Cook *2020 - ''Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo'' (Basic Books) by Teasel Muir-Harmony *2019 ** ''NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement'' (University Press Florida) by Brian C. Odom and Stephen R. Waring ** ''Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight'' (Hill & Wang) by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm *2018 - ''Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier'' (Palgrave) by

John Logsdon John Logsdon is the founder and from 1987 to 2008 was the director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University. In 2003, Logsdon was a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He is a former member of the NASA Adv ...

*2017 -
Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
' (Harvard University Press) by Neil M. Maher *2016 (Awarded September 2017) - ''

How to Make a Spaceship ''How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight'' is a 2016 non-fiction book by journalist Julian Guthrie about the origins of the X Prize Foundation and Peter Diamandis, the first X Prize, the ...

: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight'' (Penguin Press) by Julian Guthrie *2015 - ''German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie – Making Sense of the Nazi Past during the Civil Rights Era'' (Yale University Press) by Monique Laney *2014 - ''Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission'' (National Geographic) by Marc Kaufman *2013 - ''Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration'' (Princeton University Press) by Chris Impey and Holly Henry *2012 **''The Visioneers: How A Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future'' (Princeton University Press) by W. Patrick McCray **''Destined for Space: Our Story of Exploration'' (Smithsonian Books and Capstone) by Don Nardo (Children's Category) **''Spacesuit: A History of Fact and Fiction'' (Casemate Publishers) by Brett Goodin (Young Adult Category) *2011 ** ''Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo'' (The MIT Press) by Nicholas de Monchaux ** ''The Scientists Behind Space'' (Heinemann Raintree, an imprint of Capstone) by Eve Hartman (Children's Category) ** ''Man on the Moon: How a Photograph Made Anything Seem Possible'' (Compass Point, an imprint of Capstone) by Pamela Dell (Young Adults Category) * 2010 ** ''John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon'' (Palgrave Macmillan) by John M. Logsdon ** ''The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination, 1857-1957'' (Cambridge University Press) by Asif A. Siddiqi ** ''Eight Great Planets!'' (Picture Window Books) by Laura Purdie Salas (Children’s Category) ** ''This is Rocket Science: True Stories of the Risk-taking Scientists who Figure Out Ways to Explore Beyond Earth'' (National Geographic Children's Books) by Gloria Skurzynski (Young Adult Category) *2009 ** ''Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft'' (University of Nebraska Press) by Jay Gallentine ** ''If I Were an Astronaut'' (Picture Window Books) by Eric Braun (Children’s Category) ** ''Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?'' (Abrams ComicArts) by Brian Fies (Young Adult Category) *2008 – ''Digital Apollo: Human and Machines in Spaceflight'' - David A. Mindell *2007 – ''Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War'' -

Michael J. Neufeld Michael J. Neufeld is a historian and author. He chaired the Space History Division at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum from 2007 to 2011, and continues to be a curator there. Biography Neufeld was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in ...

*2006 - ''Into the Black: JPL and the American Space Program, 1976-2004'' - Peter W. Westwick *2006 - Honorable Mention - ''Testing the Limits - Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight'' - Maura Mackowski *2005 - '' First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong'' - James R. Hansen *2004 - ''Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America’s First Women in Space Program'' - Margaret Weitekamp *2003 - ''Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interpanetary Travel'' - Robert F. Zimmerman *2002 - ''The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs'' - Stephen B. Johnson *2001 - ''Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module'' - Thomas J. Kelly *2000 - ''Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945- 1974'' - Asif Azam Siddiqi *1999 - ''America's Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security'' - Jeffrey T. Richelson *1998 - ''This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age'' - William E. Burrows *1997 - ''Space and the American Imagination'' - Howard E. McCurdy *1996 - ''Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas that Shaped Our View of the Universe'' - Edward W. "Rocky" Kolb *1995 - ''Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo'' - James R. Hansen *1994 - ''International Cooperation in Space: The Example of the European Space Agency'' - Roger M. Bonnet and Vittorio Manno *1993 - ''The Sputnik Challenge: Eisenhower's Response to the Soviet Satellite'' - Robert A. Divine *1992 - ''Blueprint for Space: From Science Fiction to Science Fact'' -

Frederick I. Ordway III Frederick Ira Ordway III (4 April 19271 July 2014) was an American space scientist and author of books on spaceflight. Ordway was educated at Harvard University and completed several years of graduate study at the University of Paris and other ...

and Randy Liebermann *1991 - ''Exploring the Sun: Solar Science Since Galileo'' - Karl Hufbauer *1990 - ''The Home Planet - Kevin W. Kelley'' *1989 - ''Journey Into Space: The First Thirty Years of Space Exploration'' -

Bruce C. Murray Bruce Churchill Murray (November 30, 1931 – August 29, 2013) was an American planetary scientist. He was a director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and co-founder of The Planetary Society. Education and early life Murray received ...

*1988 - No award given *1987 - ''Before Lift Off'' - Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. *1986 - ''Pioneering the Space Frontier: Report of the National Commission on Space'' - National Commission on Space *1985 - ''Beachheads in Space'' - Jerry Grey *1984 - ''2010: Space Odyssey Two'' -

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A ...

*1983 - ''Global Talk'' - Joseph N. Pelton

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Eugene M. Award
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American history awards Awards established in 1983 Awards of the American Astronautical Society

List of recipients

See also

References

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