Sir Arthur Clarke Award

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This article is about the award for space achievement. For the science fiction writing award, see Arthur C. Clarke Award.

A glass 2006 Clarke Award, stating in white text "The Sir Arthur Clarke Award. BROHP Conference, 2006 Awards Ceremony".
Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2006

The Sir Arthur Clarke Award is a British award given annually since 2005 in recognition of notable contributions to space exploration, particularly British achievements. Nominations for the awards are made by members of the public, with shortlists drawn up by a panel of judges, who also choose the winner. Sir Arthur C. Clarke chose a special award independently of the public nominations.

History

Founded in 2005, the idea for the awards was proposed by Dave Wright to Jerry Stone, who then suggested they be named after Sir Arthur Clarke. Once permission was granted, Jerry Stone decided what the awards should look like, what categories should be included, and how they should be nominated and judged. The awards are presented by the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, although the selection is delegated to the British Interplanetary Society, with the exception of the International award, whose recipient is voted on by the Foundation [1]

Having obtained Sir Arthur's permission for the awards to bear his name, Jerry Stone decided that the awards should have the same proportions (1:4:9) as the monolith featured in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and be made of glass, as the description on the book of 2001 describes 'a crystalline monolith'. This represents Clarke's science fiction work. The award features the diagram Clarke drew in 1945 in order to demonstrate how satellites can provide global communications around the Earth from geostationary orbit, also called the Clarke Orbit. This represents Clarke's science work. It was co-designed by Howard Berry, who suggested the font and lettering style.

Initially the awards were presented at the UK Space Conference (the British Rocketry Oral History Programme until it was renamed in 2008) which was held annually at Charterhouse School, Surrey, from 1998 to 2010. The association with the conference continues but only in alternate years, as the conference has been bi-annual since 2011.

Not all categories are awarded each year; for example, 2008 was the first year in which nominations were shortlisted in the category of Best Film Presentation. An additional award was given in 2007 and 2008 that was named after and presented by George Abbey, the former director of the Johnson Space Center. It was awarded to those "whose space achievement made us laugh the most".[2]

The award ceremony is similar to the Oscars in that multiple awards are given in various categories at the same event, which is different from other awards given in the field. As a result, the awards have been referred to as the Arthurs.[3] The awards are held in high regard by the international Space community:

The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards are held in great esteem and it is a huge honour to have been nominated. It was a fantastic surprise when we heard the news and we are very flattered.

— Dr. Andy Newsam, Director of the National Schools' Observatory, Sir Arthur Clarke award for NSO, 28 March 2008.

This award is very nice... I thank all of you for this grand night and this grand award.

— Ray Bradbury, Sir Patrick Moore and the Sky at Night win Sir Arthur Clarke Awards, Brian May, 19 April 2007.

Due to COVID-19 lockdowns in the United Kingdom, in 2020-21 the Awards could not be run in 2020. Subsequent editions have all been presented the following year, both for consistency and to allow "a full calendar year for achievements to be completed and contributions made".[4]

2022

The 2022 awards were conferred on 13 October 2023 at The Spine in Liverpool, at the conclusion of the Reinventing Space Conference and as part of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the society in Liverpool.[5]

Category Recipient
Industry/Project Team The HotSat-1 Project Team, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited
Industry/Project Individual Daria ‘Dasha’ Filichkina, Co-Founder AstroAgency
Academic Study/Research Team The UK InSight team, Imperial College London
Academic Study/Research Individual Professor Giovanna Tinetti, University College London
Education and Outreach Team The Space Careers UK Team
Education and Outreach Individual David Evans
Student Mohamed Sherif Fawzi
Media, broadcast and written, Team The Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep Team
Media, broadcast and written, Individual Rob Coppinger, Editor BIS SpaceFlight Magazine
Lifetime Achievement Professor John Zarnecki, Open University
International Achievement The NASA Voyager Team

2021

The 2021 awards were presented at the Reinventing Space Conference on 30 November 2022 at Bristol Aerospace, in Bristol.[6]

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team The Astroscale ELSA-D Team
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Professor Gillian Wright
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research [Not awarded]
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Team The MajorTimSpace Team
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Individual Heidi Thiemann
Space Achievement – Student Antonio Duduianu
Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written The BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage Team
Lifetime Achievement Alan Bond
International Achievement Miss Wally Funk

2020

The 2020 awards were presented at the Reinventing Space Conference Gala Dinner on Tuesday 29 June 2021, which was delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team The Goonhilly-6 Deep Space Antenna project team
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Dr. Alice Bunn, UK Space Agency
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research Prof. Cathryn Mitchell
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Team The SunSpace Art team
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Individual Dr. Sheila Kanani
Space Achievement – Student Áine O’Brien
Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written Joanna Durrant
Lifetime Achievement Jan Wörner and Prof. Richard Crowther
International Achievement Omran Al Sharaf and the UAE Hope Team

2019

The 2019 awards were presented at the Reinventing Space Conference Gala Dinner on Thursday 14 November[8]

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team RemoveDEBRIS (Simon Fellowes & Prof. G. Aglietti, University of Surrey)
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Dr. Jonathan McDowell
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research The Queen's University Belfast 'Oumuamua' Team (Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons)
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Team Space Rocks (Alexander Milas, Twin V and Mark McCaughrean, ESA)
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Individual Helen Schell
Space Achievement – Student Heidi Thiemann
Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written Sue Nelson
Lifetime Achievement Professor Ken Pounds, University of Leicester
International Achievement Dr. Alan Stern and the NASA New Horizons team

2018

The 2018 awards were presented at a gala dinner at the 2018 Reinventing Space Conference at The Royal Aeronautical Society on Thursday 1 November 2018. The finalists were announced on the BIS website on 7 October.[9]

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team Oxford Space Systems
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Magali Vaissière
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research The UK Cassini team
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Team The ESERO-UK Space Ambassadors
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Individual Vix Southgate
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Dave Honess
Space Achievement – Student Robert Garner
Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written The BBC 2 ‘Astronauts – Do you have what it takes?’ Team
Lifetime Achievement Richard Peckham
International Achievement The SpaceX Falcon Team

2017

[10] The 2017 awards were presented at a gala dinner at the 2017 UK Space Conference, held at Manchester Central on Wednesday 31 May 2017.

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team (Large Projects) Airbus Gaia Team
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team (Small Projects) Oxford Nanopore Technologies Team
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Alan Bond, Reaction Engines
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research UK Gaia Science Team
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach (Team) Science Museum Cosmonauts Exhibition Team (Ian Blatchford, Doug Millard, Natalia Sidlina, and Alexandra Smirnova)
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach (Individual) Kathie Bowden, UK Space Agency
Space Achievement – Student CranSpace Mars Flyby Team
Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written Dallas Campbell, Science Television Presenter
Special Lifetime Space Achievement Piers Sellers
Lifetime Space Achievement Paul Flanagan, UKspace
International Achievement Roy Gibson, First Director General, European Space Agency

2016

[11] The 2016 awards were presented at a gala dinner at the 2016 Reinventing Space Conference at The Royal Society on Thursday 27 October 2016. The event was sponsored by the UK Space Agency.

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Special Award for Individual Outreach Tim Peake
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach The UK Space Agency Principia Education Team
Space Achievement – Media: Broadcast and written David Shukman, Science Editor, BBC News
Space Achievement – Education Mike Grocott
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team The SSTL Galileo Team
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual Dave Honess
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research Dr. Harry Ward and The LISA Pathfinder Team, University of Glasgow
Space Achievement – Student Joseph Dudley, UKSEDS
Lifetime Achievement Pat Norris
International Achievement The Global VSAT Forum

2015

[12] The 2015 awards were presented at the UK Space Conference Dinner in St George's Hall, Liverpool on Tuesday 14 July 2015. They were sponsored by the UK Space Agency.

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team Beagle 2 Team
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual William Marshall, Planet Labs, San Francisco
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research The Stardust Team, University Of Strathclyde
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach The Rosetta/Philae Outreach Team
Space Achievement – Student King's College London Msc Students
Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written Richard Hollingham, BBC Future
Lifetime Achievement Prof. J L Culhane, Mullard Space
International Achievement Dr. Burton Edelson

2014

[13] The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards 2014 were presented at an event at The Royal Aeronautical Society[14] on Wednesday 8 October 2014, by the Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency, Dr. David Parker.

Category Recipient
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team The ESA/Industry Rosetta Team (members below)
Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual John Ellwood – Ex ESA
Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research Prof. Louise Harra, MSSL, UCL
Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Dr. Lucie Green, Dept of Space & Climate Physics, MSSL, UCL
Space Achievement – Student The Cranspace Team: Idriss Sisaid, Enrique Gardia Bourne, Edward Anastassacos
Space Achievement – Media, Broadcast and Written Arrow Media – "Live from Space" series
Lifetime Achievement Colin Pillinger, Open University
International Achievement James Lovelock, Author and proposer of the Gaia hypothesis, UK

The specific ESA/Industry Rosetta team members who received the "Space Achievement - Industry/Project Team" award:

  • Dr. Andrea Accomazzo, Rosetta Flight Director, ESOC, Darmstadt
  • Dr. Paolo Ferri, Head of Mission Operations, ESOC, Darmstadt
  • Dr. Rainer Best, Rosetta Project Manager, Airbus DS, Friedrichshafen
  • Hans-Martin Hell, Rosetta Platform Manager, Airbus DS, Friedrichshafen
  • Rod Emery, Rosetta UK Platform Project Manager, Airbus DS, Stevenage
  • Phil McGoldrick, Rosetta UK Platform Engineering Manager, Airbus DS, Stevenage
  • Penny Irvine, Rosetta UK Platform System Engineer, Airbus DS, Stevenage
  • Dr. Stephan Ulamec, Philae Project Manager, DLR

2013

[15] The 2013 awards were presented at the UK Space Conference at the Glasgow Science Centre, at a black tie dinner on 16 July hosted by Helen Keen. Tim Peake, the UK's ESA astronaut presented the awards to the recipients.

Category Recipient
Industry/Project Team Award e2v (presented to Richard Gibbs)
Industry/Project Individual Award Paul Flanagan of UK Space
Academic Study/Research Award Herschel-SPIRE Team (presented to Tanya Lim)
Student Award Rebecca Hayward of Hockerill Anglo European College
Education and Outreach Award Stuart Eves
Media Award Ben Gilliland of the Metro newspaper
Lifetime Achievement Award Professor Alan Wells, University of Leicester
International Award Dr. Joseph N. Pelton

2012

As the UK Space Agency are only planning to run the space conference in alternate years, the 2012 awards were presented at a special event in the Cholmondeley Room at the House of Lords on 26 October 2012. The host was Lord Cobbold and the MC for the event was the impressionist Jon Culshaw.

Category Recipient
International Award Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of the European Space Agency
Lifetime Achievement Paul Money
Space Activity - Academic Study / Research Rosetta Ptolemy Team
Space Activity - Industry SSTL NigeriaSat 2 Team
Space Education - Outreach Heather MacRae
Space Education - Student Achievement Charlotte Lücking
Space Media Space Boffins

2011

The 2011 award took place at the UK Space Conference at the University of Warwick in July 2011.[16][17][18]

Category Recipient
Achievement in Space Education and Outrearch Unlimited Theatre for 'Mission to Mars'
Achievement in Space Research University of Strathclyde Advanced Space Concepts Lab
Achievement in Space Commerce Clyde Space
Achievement in Space Media Clive Horwood
Space Student Achievement Chris Brunskill
International Space Achievement David Thompson, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Exceptional Space Achievement Professor David Southwood

2010

The award dinner was held on 27 March 2010 at the UK Space Conference at Charterhouse.[19]

Category Recipient
International Award International Space University[20]
Inspiration Award Anu Ojha[21]
Team of the year Qinetiq[22]
Individual Achievement Matt Griffin
Best Film/TV/Radio Presentation James May on the Moon
Best Space Reporting Jonathan Amos, BBC News Online
Education Becky Parker
Entrepreneur David Williams
Outreach The EADS STEM Ambassadors
Student Áron Kidsi
Special Award Roy Gibson, first Director-General of the European Space Agency

2009

The 2009 Awards dinner was held on 4 April 2009 at the UK Space conference.[23][24]

Category Recipient
Achievement in Education Chris Welch, Kingston University[25]
Best Corporate/Team Achievement Automated Transfer Vehicle Team, John Ellwood: ATV project manager[26]
Best Individual Achievement Richard Garriott
Best Lifetime Achievement Professor Fred Taylor
Best Space Reporting BBC News Science Team, special citation for Paul Rincon
Best Student Achievement Dr. David Boyce
Best TV/Radio Presentation Dan Walker, producer and director of BBC Four's The Satellite Story
Best Written Presentation Red Moon Rising, by Matthew Brzezinski
Inspiration Award Lord Drayson
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space The UK IAC2008 Team
Special Award Alistair Scott

2008

The 2008 Awards dinner was held on 29 March 2008 at Charterhouse. Special guests were George Abbey and Joe Engle.

A 2007 George Abbey Award, stating in white text "George Abbey Special Award, 2007. The Reliant Robin Team." Depicted is a drawing of a rocket launching with a Reliant Robin attached to it.
The glass version of the George Abbey Award
Category Recipient
Best Corporate/Team Achievement Mars Express Team; Project Manager Rudi Schmidt
Best Individual Achievement Ian Taylor MP
Best Student Achievement Alison Gibbings
Best Space Reporting "Spaceflight" magazine; Editor Clive Simpson
Achievement in Education Faulkes Telescope Project; director Paul Roche
Inspiration Award Piers Sellers
Best Presentation, Film In the Shadow of the Moon; Director David Sington & Christopher Riley
Best Presentation, TV & Radio Martin Redfern and Heather Couper: "Britain's Space Race"
Best Presentation, Written David A. Baker: Jane's Spaceflight Directory
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space Entrepreneur Alan Bond
Lifetime Achievement Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd
George Abbey Award A glass version of the award presented to two members of the Rocket Men team in replacement for the paper versions given the previous year (see 2007 Awards below/picture (right)).

2007

The 2007 Awards dinner was held on 14 April 2007 at the BROHP conference at Charterhouse.[27]

Category Recipient
Best Corporate/Team Achievement The Mars Exploration Rovers Team
Best Individual Achievement Steve Squyres
Best Space Reporting Robin Scagell
Achievement in Education The International Space School Educational Trust
Inspiration Award Sir Patrick Moore
Best Presentation, TV & Radio The Sky At Night
Best Presentation, Written Charles S. Cockell: Space on Earth
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space Lord Sainsbury
Lifetime Achievement Eric "Winkle" Brown
Special Award Ray Bradbury
George Abbey award[28] The Rocket Men Team that made a Space Shuttle out of a Reliant Robin for the BBC TV series Top Gear[29]

Among the other nominees were Anousheh Ansari, and the British-born astronaut Piers Sellers.

2006

The 2006 Awards dinner was held on 8 April 2006 at the BROHP conference at Charterhouse.[30]

Category Recipient
Best Corporate/Team Achievement The UK Huygens Industry Team
Best Individual Achievement David Parker
Best Student Achievement Sabrina Pottinger
Achievement in Education Alex Blackwood
Inspiration Award Michael Foale
Best Presentation, TV & Radio Space Race
Best Presentation, Written Alan Lawrie: Saturn
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space The PPARC Communication Team
Lifetime Achievement Reginald Turnill

Among the other nominees were Sir Richard Branson, and the Robson Green drama television series Rocket Man.

2005

Presented at the inaugural awards dinner at Charterhouse, Saturday 2 April 2005.[31]

Category Recipient
Best Corporate Achievement EADS Space
Best Individual Achievement John Zarnecki
Best Student Achievement Julia Tizard
Best Space Reporting David Whitehouse
Achievement in Education National Space Centre
Inspiration Award George Scoon
Best Presentation, TV & Radio Christopher Riley, producer: Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets
Best Presentation, Written David A. Hardy and Patrick Moore: Futures—50 Years in Space
Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space Colin Pillinger
Special Award British Interplanetary Society

Sir Arthur was also presented with a special award commemorating the 60th anniversary of his paper on global communication by satellite in the October 1945 edition of Wireless World. This award was accepted on behalf of Sir Arthur by his brother Fred.

See also

References

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