2019 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – National Space Society of North Texas
- Speaker Outreach – NSS Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Interactive STEM Outreach – Huntsville Alabama L5 Society
- Diversity of Public Programs – NSS St. Louis Space Frontier
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Educational STEM Events – Greek NewSpace Society
- Modern World-Wide Communications – NSS(USA) Nashik Chapter
- Funding a Student Zero-G Flight – NSS North Houston Chapter
- Most Improved Chapter – OASIS
- Best New Chapter – NSS New Delhi Space Society
- Honorable Mentions:
- Local and Mexican Outreach – Tucson L5 Space Society
- Science and Engineering Fairs – San Antonio Space Society
- Astronomy Programs – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Political Outreach and Community Involvement – Phoenix Chapter of the National Space Society
- Outstanding Displays – Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- Hosting Web-based Interactive Activities – Oregon L5 Society
- Co-Hosting Regional International Conferences – Sydney Space Frontier Society
- Community Outreach – NSS Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Chapter Coordinator’s Chapter Leader Award – Bennett Rutledge
2018 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – St. Louis Space Frontier
- National Space Society of North Texas
- Huntsville Alabama L5 Society (HAL5)
- Small Chapter – NSS(USA) – Nashik India Chapter
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Legislative – NSS Northwest Jersey
- Outreach, Astronomy – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- STEM Education – San Antonio Space Society
- Virtual Reality and Mexican Collaboration – Tucson L5 Society
- Honorable Mentions:
- Legislative and Public Outreach – Clear Lake Area Space Society
- Space History Research – German Space Society
- Outreach – OASIS
- Publications and Local Spaceport Support – Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS
- Educational Outreach – Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Outstanding New Chapter USA – NSS North Houston Space Society
- Outstanding New International Chapter – NSS Japan Chapter
- Chapter Coordinator’s Chapter Leader Award – Ken Ruffin
2017 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Huntsville Alabama L5 Society
- National Space Society of North Texas
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Legislative Outreach – Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS
- Science Fairs – Philadelphia
- Space Grant Proposal – Sacramento L5 Society
- Virtual Reality Demonstration – Tucson L5 Space Society
- Honorable Mentions:
- Airshow Outreach – Sheboygan Space Society
- Educational Outreach – San Antonio Space Society
- International Outreach – German Space Society
- Media – DC L5
- Outreach – Clear Lake Area NSS
- Chapter Coordinator’s Chapter Leader Award – 30 Years of Publishing Moon Miners’ Manifesto – Peter Kokh
2016 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – National Space Society of North Texas
- Huntsville Alabama L5 Society
- NSS St. Louis Space Frontier
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Educational Outreach – San Antonio Space Society
- Legislative Outreach – Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS
- Public Programming – Tucson L5 Space Society
- Speaker Outreach – Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Honorable Mentions:
- Most Improved Chapter – Genesis – NSS Sf Bay Area Chapter
- Air Show – OASIS
- Science Fairs – NSS Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Astronomy – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Space Related Big Data Analytics Publicizing Space Activities – Space Society of Silicon Valley
- Space Technology Proposals – Sacramento L5 Society
- Media – DC-L5
- Public Outreach Through Displays – Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- International Public Outreach – German Space Society
- Chapter Coordinator’s Chapter Leader Award – Claire McMurray
2015 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – NSS St. Louis Space Frontier
- Huntsville Alabama L5
- National Space Society of North Texas
- Oklahoma Space Alliance
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Public Programs – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Speaker Outreach – Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Educational Outreach – San Antonio Space Society
- Legislative Outreach – Space Society of Silicon Valley
- Honorable Mentions:
- OASIS
- Phoenix Chapter of the National Space Society
- Tucson L5 Space Society
2014 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – NSS Of North Texas
- NSS Australia
- Huntsville Alabama L5
- Middle Tennessee Space Society
- OASIS
- Oklahoma Space Alliance
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Phoenix Chapter of NSS
- Sacramento L5 Society
- Tucson L5 Space Society
2013 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Robert Compton Chapter of The Year – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Education – Seattle
- Public Outreach – Huntsville Alabama L5
- Public Outreach – NSS Of North Texas
- Extraordinary Service – Donnie Lowther, DC L5
- Extraordinary Service – Peter Kokh, NSS Milwaukee
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Public Outreach – OASIS
- Public Outreach – Oklahoma Space Alliance
2012 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – NSS Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Outreach in Education – NSS Seattle
- Outreach – Huntsville Alabama L5
- Outreach – OASIS
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Outreach – German Space Society
- Outreach – Tucson Space Society
- Outreach: Media – DC L5
- Outreach: Membership – Chicago Frontier L5 Society for the NSS
2011 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – Huntsville Alabama L5
- Public Outreach – Phoenix Chapter NSS
- NSS North Texas
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- OASIS
2010 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – DC L5
- Public Outreach – Oregon L5
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- San Antonio Space Society
2009 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – Huntsville Alabama L5
- Public Outreach – NSS Florida Space Coast
- Special Merit Award
- Most Promising New Chapter – NSS Pune-India
2008 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – NSS Of North Texas
- Service to The Society – OASIS
- Public Outreach & Education – Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Public Outreach – Huntsville Alabama L5 Society
- Media Award – DC-L5
- Community Service & Education – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Public Outreach – NSS Seattle
- Service to The Chapters – Lunar Reclamation Society
- Most Improved Chapter – Denver Space Society
2007 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – OASIS
- Public Outreach & Media – Orange County Space Society
- Explorer Award – Deutsche Raumfahrtgesellschaft
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Service to the Society – Space Frontier Society
- Most promising chapter – NSS Southwest Florida
2003 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chapter of The Year – Orange County Space Society
- Public Outreach – Lunar Reclamation Society
- Service to Society – Clear Lake Area NSS Chapter
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Publicity and Media – DC L5
- Explorer Award – Clear Lake Area NSS Chapter
- Service to Society – New York City NSS Chapter
- Community Service Award – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Education – NSS of North Texas
2002 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- DC L5
- San Antonio Space Society
- Utah Space Association
- Chapter Meritorious Service Awards:
- Education – Illinois Space Development Society
- Education – Orange County Space Society
- Lunar Research – Oregon L5 Society
- Public Outreach – New Mexico Space Society
- Publicity and Media – NSS Seattle
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Explorer – Sacramento L5
- Community Service – Wichita Chapter of NSS
- Public Media – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Most Improved Chapter – US Air Force Academy Chapter
- Public Outreach – NSS New York
- Chapter Newsletter Award – Space Nursing Society
- Newsletter Services – Lunar Reclamation Society
- Service to Society – Austin Space Society
- Appreciation and Thanks Award
- Public Outreach – New Mexico Space Society
2001 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter of the Year – Illinois Space Development Society
- Education – Orange County Space Society
- Chapter Newsletter – Space Nursing Society
- Special Merit Awards:
- Explorer – Oregon L5
- Community Service – Wichita Chapter of NSS
- Publicity and Media – Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Most Improved Chapter – National Space Society of New York City
- Political Activism – NSS Western Spaceport Chapter
- Public Outreach – OASIS
- Service to Chapters – Lunar Reclamation Society
- Service to the Society – Austin Space Frontier Society
- Meritorious Service Awards:
- Publicity and Media
- DC-L5
- NSS Atlanta
- Public Outreach – Baltimore Metro Chapter NSS
- Community Service – Central Coast Space Frontier Society
- Education and Service to Society – San Antonio Space Society
- Recruitment of NSS Membership – United States Air Force Academy Chapter
- Most Promising New Chapter – German Space Society
- Publicity and Media
1997 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Chicago Space Frontier L5 Society
- HAL5 Chapter of NSS
- Austin Space Frontier
- Lunar Reclamation Society
- NSS Western Spaceport
- Beaver Valley Space Education Chapter
- Middle Tennessee Space Society
- NSS Wichita Chapter
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- NSS of North Texas
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- Orange County Space Society
- OASIS
- Baltimore Metro Chapter of NSS
- Colorado Springs Space Society
- tbs Chapter of NSS
- Oklahoma Space Alliance
- Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Meritorious Service Awards:
- Hawaii Space Society
- NSS Boston Chapter
- San Antonio Space Society
- NSS Southwest Michigan Chapter
- Oregon L5
- NSS Atlanta Chapter
- Langley Chapter of NSS
- Heart of America Chapter
- Clear Lake Area NSS Chapter
- NSS Seattle
- Sheboygan Space Society
- Sacramento L5 Society
- San Diego L5 Society
1996 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Excellence Awards:
- Heart of America Chapter
- NSS Southwest Michigan Chapter
- Langley Chapter of the NSS
- HAL5 Chapter of the NSS
- NSS Western Spaceport
- Lunar Reclamation Society
- Middle Tennessee Space Society
- San Diego L5 Chapter of the NSS
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Sydney Space Frontier Society
- Orange County Space Society
- OASIS
- NSS of North Texas
- Beaver Valley Space Education Chapter
- Clear Lake Chapter of the NSS
- Illini Space Development Society
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- Headquarters Award
- George Smith
- Jeffrey Masiello
- Meritorious Service Award
- Ann Arbor Space Society
- Baltimore Metro Chapter of NSS
- Central Savannah River Chapter
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Chicago Space Frontier Society
- Zero G Destiny
- Colorado Springs Space Society
- First Arkansas Chapter of NSS
- Hawaii Space Society
- Louisville Chapter of NSS
- Memphis Space Society
- North Coast Chapter of NSS
- NSS NE Georgia Chapter
- NSS Southern Oregon Chapter
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter
- Philadelphia Area Space Alliance
- Rock Valley Space Society
- South Dakota Space Society
- Sacramento L5 Society
- Sheboygan Space Society
- Space Frontier Society of New York City
- Suffolk Challengers for Space
- Tucson Space Society
1995 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Special Merit Awards:
- Albuquerque NSS
- OASIS, NSS of North Texas
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- Baltimore Metro Chapter
- Oklahoma Space Alliance
- Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- Heart of America Chapter
- NSS Southwestern Michigan
- Northeastern Pennsylvania Space Foundation
- Headquarters Award
- Jeff Liss
- Bruce Altner
- Bev Freed
- Ed Cameron
- Ken Bullock
- Meritorious Service Award
- Central NY Chapter
- Iowa State Space Society
- Zero G Destiny
- NE Georgia Chapter
- Central Savannah River Chapter
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- First Arkansas Chapter
- Houston Clear Lake Area
- Austin Space Frontier Society
- Sacramento L5 Society
- Langley Space Society
- Suffolk Challengers for Space
- North Coast Chapter
- Hawaii Space Society
- San Antonio Space Society
- Cuyahoga Valley Space Society
1994 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Special Merit Awards for Conferences:
- HAL5 Society
- Houston/Clear Lake Chapter of NSS
- Iowa Space Society
- NSS Western Spaceport Chapter
- Golden Gate Space Frontier Society
- Cuyahoga Valley Space Society
- Grissom Space Society
- Albuquerque Space Society
- Central New York Chapter
- Chapter Special Merit Awards for Spaceweek Activities:
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- NSS Western Spaceport
- Iowa Space Society
- Langley NSS
- Zero G destiny
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Illinois North Shore
- Chicago Space Frontier Society
- Wichita Chapter of NSS
- St Louis Space Frontier Society
- NSS Philadelphia
- DC-L5
- Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- The Connecticut Chapter of NSS
- Houston/Clear Lake NSS
- Mid-Cities NSS
- Middle Tennessee Space Society
- Oklahoma Space Alliance NSS
- San Antonio Space Society
- Southeast space initiative
- Tucson Space Society
- Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- Heart of America Chapter
- Chapter Special Merit Awards for Public Events:
- Orange County Space Society
- OASIS
- Chapters Assembly Working Group, (for videotaping and tapes)
- Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- Lunar Reclamation Society
- Inland Empire Space Group
- Silicon Valley NSS
- Tucson Space Society
- Western Spaceport Chapter
- Middle Tennessee Space Society (for business entrepreneurial)
- Lunar Reclamation Society (for service to community)
- Iowa State Space Society
- NSS Southwest Michigan
- Heart of America
- Suffolk Challengers for Space
- Albuquerque Space Society
- Baltimore Metro NSS
- Illinois Space Development Society
- NSS Philadelphia
- Orange County Space Society
- New York Space Frontier Society (for participation in Air shows)
- North Coast Chapter
- Orange County Space Society
- NSS southwest Michigan
- Ventura County NSS
- NSS Western Seaport (for museum, education)
- The Connecticut Chapter
- Langley NSS
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- Chicago area chapters
- East Tennessee Space Society
- Mid-Cities NSS
- Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- NSS Philadelphia
- Oklahoma Space Alliance
- Orange County Space Society
- Ventura County NSS
- Heart of America Chapter
- Headquarters Volunteer Service Award
- Karen Mermel
- Chapter Publicity Award
- National Space Society of Australia
- Membership Recruitment Award
- Illinois Space Development Society
- Service to Society Award
- Larry Ahearn
- Service to Chapters Awards
- Bennett Rutledge
- Marianne Dyson
- David Ackerman
1993 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Sponsorship of the 11th Annual ISDC
- National Capital Space Society
- DC-L5
- 18th Annual South West Space Activists Conference– Clear Lake Area Chapter
- Mid-Continent Space Development Conference — Iowa State Space Society
- 1st Annual Northeast Space Development Conference
- Central NY NSS
- Boston Chapter of the NSS
- Rensselaer Space Society
- NY Space Frontier Society
- California Space Development Council’s “saving California Space Industry” — San Diego L5 Society
- Midwestern regional chapter coordinators meeting — Illinois Space Development Society
- 8th Annual Midwest Space Development Conference — Cuyahoga Valley Space Society
- 2nd Australian Space Development Conference — National Space Society of Australia/Sydney Space Frontier Society
- For Conducting Spaceweek Events
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- NSS Western Spaceport
- Iowa Space Society
- Langley NSS
- Eastern Virginia-Dismal Swamp Chapter
- Zero-G Destiny
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Chicago Space Frontier
- For conducting Public Events
- Orange County Space Society
- Zero-G Destiny
- Chicago Society for Space Studies
- Chicago Space Frontier Society
- Memphis Space Society
- Space Frontier Society of New York
- Clear Lake Area Chapter of NSS
- National Capital Space Society
- Space Frontier Society of New York
- For participating in NASA Town Meeting
- Connecticut Chapter of NSS
- Metro Orlando Space Society
- OASIS
- Central Indiana
- Oregon L5 Society
- Chicago Space Society
- For Videotaping Conference and making tapes available to Society —Minnesota Space Frontier Society
- For outreach to legislators — Ann Arbor Space Society
- Individual awards to regional coordinators
- Al Halstead
- Bennett Rutledge
- Michael Gill Brook
- Marianne Dyson
- Karen Mermel
- Paul Henderson
- David Anderson
- Cheryl York
- Kirby Ikin
- Chapter Special Merit Awards for Conferences:
- HAL5 Society
- Chapter Recruitment Award
- Tom Nugent of the Illinois Space Development Society
- Chapter Service
- Bryce Walden of the Chapters Assembly Administrative Council
- Headquarters Award
- Greg Zsidisin
- Michael Gilbrook
- Cheryl Lynn York
1992 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Headquarters Volunteer Award
- Tim Dunlop
- Chapter Recruiting Award
- Illinois Space Development Society
- Chapter Publicity
- San Antonio Space Society
- Chapter Honorable Mentions
- Iowa State Space Society
- Space Frontier Society of New York
- California Space Development Council
- SpaceCause Outstanding Service Award
- Harry Reed
- SpacePAC Outstanding Service Award
- Pat Montoure
1989 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Chapter Publicity
- Jim Spellman, NSS Western Spaceport
- Chapter Recruiting
- Jim Spellman, NSS Western Spaceport
- Chapter Membership
- Illinois Space Development Society
1988 NSS Chapter Awards:
- Membership Recruitment
- Chicago Space Frontier L5
