The 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards – Finalists & Winners Announced
The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) are pleased to announce the Finalists for the 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards which will be presented at the BIS’s Reinventing Space Conference Dinner and Awards on Tuesday 29 November 2022 at Aerospace Bristol, under the wings of Concorde Alpha Foxtrot, the last supersonic airliner ever to fly.
Presented annually since 2005, ‘The Arthurs’ recognise and reward those individuals and teams that have made notable or outstanding achievements in, or contributions to, all space activities here in the UK. The Lifetime and International Awards are open to all.
- Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team
- The Astroscale ELSA-D Team
For the success of its ELSA-D Space Sweeper Mission which was launched in March 2021 and successfully released and collected its replica debris in August 2021.
- Spaceport Cornwall
For getting the UK back into Space, with a strong focus on flexibility and sustainability.
Congratulations to the winners
The Astroscale ELSA-D Team
Image credit: Geir Engene
- Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual
- Chris Larmour
For simultaneously getting Orbex financed and sealing the deal to build the Sutherland Spaceport.
- Professor Gillian Wright
For leading the European consortium of institutes that developed the Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope which was successfully launched on 25 December 2021
- Katherine Courtney
For chairing the GNOSIS knowledge exchange network on Sustainability in Space from its inception 3 years ago
Congratulations to the winner
Professor Gillian Wright
- Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research
Unfortunately there were insufficient nominations for either the Team or Individual Academic Awards this year, so the Judging panel decided not to make any awards.
4a. Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Team
- The AstroAgency’s SpaceBar
For keeping the Space community together through the pandemic and for addressing serious issues like equality and diversity.
- The Thales Alenia MarsBalloon STEM Team
For flying nearly 1,000 student-designed experiments from over 370 schools, involving over 13,000 students in classrooms, including science clubs, across the UK.
- The MajorTimSpace Team (Amelia Piper, Herb Baker and Jim Worden)
For providing space and astronomy activities to disadvantaged children through many outreach programmes – especially the MajorTim.space Young Ambassador Programme.
Congratulations to the winners
The MajorTimSpace Team
Image credit: Geir Engene
4b. Space Achievement – Education and Outreach Individual
- Emma Wride – AstroCymru
For championing exciting and inspirational space themed STEAM programmes for communities in South Wales.
- Holly Whitehouse
For the redevelopment and running of UKSEDS national-level Space competitions .
- Heidi Thiemann
For launching the world’s first HNC/HND course in space technologies at the University Centre, Truro and Penwith, Cornwall.
Congratulations to the winner
Heidi Thiemann
Image credit: Geir Engene
- Space Achievement – Student
- Antonio Duduianu
For, as Chair in 2021/2, bringing UKSEDS through the toughest of years into a new era by leading new initiatives and making new connections with unprecedented events around the world
- Joaquin Perez-Grande
For the revival of the UKSEDS Membership team
- Arran Reedman
For building and running the systems that power UKSEDS
Congratulations to the winner
Antonio Duduianu
Image credit: Geir Engene
- Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written
- Anita Heward
For Media and Outreach engagement in Planetary Science across Europe
- The BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage Team
For continuing to spread the science and STEM message throughout the lockdown of 2021. Its January 2021 episode, ‘Under the Night Sky, demonstrated the importance of the night sky to human history and how our relationship with the stars has changed over the centuries.
- Peggy Hollinger
For her Insightful coverage of the Oneweb / Eutelsat story
Congratulations to the winners
The BBC’s Infinite Monkey Cage Team
Image credit: Geir Engene
- Lifetime Achievement
- Alan Bond
For his lifetime contribution to rocket technology from his early youth as an amateur rocketeer to Rolls Royce, British Aerospace and the Atomic Weapons Establishment and on to be the main founder of Reaction Engines.
- Sue O’Hare
For her highly successful management of the ESA Business Incubation Centre in the UK.
- John Auburn
For his lifetime service to the UK Space Industry and for growing Astroscale UK from its beginnings to the successful launch of ELSA-D.
Congratulations to the winner
Alan Bond
Award received on Alan’s behalf by Richard Varvill
Image credit: Geir Engene
- International Achievement
[Finalists and Awardees selected by the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Board]
- Miss Wally Funk
For not only her own personal achievements, but also for her continued, dedicated and inspirational contribution to education & outreach for space flight and aviation. She has pushed the boundaries from her days as a test pilot to her Mercury 13 training and continues to encourage others to push their own boundaries and reach their own goals.
- The Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship with Kallman Worldwide Ltd
For encouraging young people from all over the world to pursue careers as engineers and explorers by bringing scholarship awardees to the first International Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama in 2021.
Congratulations to the winner
Miss Wally Funk
Award received on Wally’s behalf by Sue Nelson
Image credit: Geir Engene
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL the Winners and Finalists!
The Sir Arthur Clarke Awards ‘for space achievements in 2022’ will open for nominations early in 2023!
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