The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) awarded the Winners for the 2022 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards last night at the BIS’s Reinventing Space Conference Gala Dinner and Awards in the Spine, 2 Paddington Village, Liverpool, which also ended a full day, celebrating the 90thAnniversary of the founding of the BIS, in Liverpool, in 1933.
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. However, the Lifetime and International Awards are open to all.
Unfortunately, due to the Covid Pandemic in 2020-21 the Awards could not be run in 2020 and it was decided then, for continuity, to present the 2020 Awards in 2021 and to continue to present them one year behind as it has allowed a full calendar year for achievements to be completed and contributions made.
All the finalists listed below were invited to attend the Dinner and Awards in Liverpool on Friday 13 October where the winners were announced.
The categroies, finalists and winners for the 2022 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards are:-
- Space Achievement – Industry/Project Team
Finalists:
- The Business & Market Modelling Team, Satellite Applications Catapult
For the development of the Space Capabilities Catalogue: Mapping the UK’s Space Expertise.
- The Tracking, Telemetry and Command Processor (TTCP) team, BAE Systems
For Enhancing the Telemetry, Tracking and Command Processor (TTCP) to support ESA’s JUICE and Euclid missions.
- The HotSat-1 Project Team, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)
For their professionalism, perseverance and excellence in delivering the Hotsat-1 satellite mission.
CONGRATULATIONS
The HotSat-1 Project Team, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)
- Space Achievement – Industry/Project Individual
Finalists:
- Daria ‘Dasha’ Filichkina, Co-Founder AstroAgency
For her inspiring demonstration of resilience in the face of war, personal tragedy and unrest while co-founding Astro Agency, guiding it through the pandemic and winning several new space contracts.
- Ralph ‘Dinz’ Dinsley, Founder Northern Space and Security Ltd
For promoting and working towards sustainable Space accessibility by setting up Northern Space and Security Ltd. to provide solutions.
- Dougie Davidson, Electric Propulsion Centre, Thales Alenia Space UK, Belfast
For the development of Thales Alenia Space UK’s Electric Propulsion Centre in Belfast and his coordination of multiple teams leading to its commercial success and to its stimulation of Northern Ireland’s Space economy.
CONGRATULATIONS
Daria ‘Dasha’ Filichkina, Co-Founder AstroAgency
- Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research, Team
Finalists:
- The UK InSight team, Imperial College, London
For the development, testing and operation of the SEIS-SP sensor as part of NASA’s InSight mission to Mars, including the first unambiguous detection of a Marsquake.
- The MicroAge Team, University of Liverpool
For their experiments on the International Space Station to understand the effect of aging on human muscles.
- Mark Cropper and the Euclid VIS Team, Mullard Space Science Lab, University College, London
For their leadership of the international team on the VIS instrument on Euclid, their overall systems engineering and their design, delivery, integration, testing and in orbit commissioning of their units.
CONGRATULATIONS
The UK InSight team, Imperial College, London
- Space Achievement – Academic Study/Research, Individual
Finalists:
- Professor Ian Williams, Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
For a novel and outstanding research paper on recycling Space junk and for developing/leading Space@Southampton’s contribution to Space South Central.
- Dr Jasmine Kaur Sandhu, Northumbria University
For the discovery of time-dependent radiation belt behaviour during geomagnetic storms which is hugely beneficial to the Space weather community.
- Professor Giovanna Tinetti, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College. London
For her work as Head of the Astrophysics Group at UCL and as Principal Investigator for the payload consortium of ESA’s Ariel mission to explore exoplanet atmospheres.
CONGRATULATIONS
Professor Giovanna Tinetti, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College. London
5a. Space Achievement – Education and Outreach, Team
Finalists:
- The Discover Space UK Team, Campbeltown, Scotland
For enhancing UK Space Sector Skills through ‘The Mach-Series’ Student Rocketry Competition and providing a pivotal pathway into the UK Space industry.
- The Space Careers UK Team
For the successful relaunch of SpaceCareers.uk and for raising awareness, dispelling misconceptions and opening new horizons for aspiring space professionals.
- The European Space Education Resources Office (ESERO) UK Team
For entertaining a record number of schools on ESERO UK’s second trail-blazing virtual Mars Day in March 2022, with live link-ups to national and international Space VIPs and the launch of Mars Hour and Mars Week.
CONGRATULATIONS
The Space Careers UK Team
5b. Space Achievement – Education and Outreach, Individual
Finalists:
- David Evans
For providing STEM education and support to vulnerable people across the world, often in places that few others dare venture, including the middle East and Ukraine.
- Derek Harris, Business Operations Manager, Skyrora
For helping Skyrora to gain momentum after the Covid Pandemic by mentoring those new to the Space industry, building confidence and breaking down barriers while driving the company’s outreach activities and promoting Space skills in Scotland.
- Dr Gabrielle Provan, Physics Department, University of Leicester
For her impactful outreach with her modern Planeterella, inspiring a wide range of audiences by a captivating demonstration of how the Aurora Borealis is created.
CONGRATULATIONS
David Evans
- Space Achievement – Student
Finalists:
- Mohamed Sherif Fawzi
For the running of UKSEDS’ national space competitions, supporting students’ skills development and industry exposure.
- Henry Philp
For writing a monthly column for the BIS’ SpaceFlight magazine for more than 5 years since he was 13, reporting on video games to start with and then New Space.
- Zaria Serfontein
For her outstanding contribution as a Trustee and Chair of UKSEDS and for her co-organiser role in preparing for the National Student Space Conference in Manchester in March 2023.
CONGRATULATIONS
Mohamed Sherif Fawzi
- Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written, Team
Finalists:
- The Awesome Astronomy Podcast Team
For achieving over 1 million direct downloads worldwide and the expansion of their astronomy franchise, covering news and space-related interviews, into a YouTube channel.
- Jess Ratty and the Ha-lo PR Team
For the inspirational coverage of major UK space events in the last 12 months, including preparations for the first Space launch from Spaceport Cornwall, the exponential growth of Space Forge and Goonhilly’s involvement in the Artemis programme.
- The Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep Team
For Shaun the Sheep’s innovative journey in the ESA European Service Module on the Artemis 1 mission around the Moon in November/December 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS
The Aardman Animations’ Shaun the Sheep Team
- Space Achievement – Media, broadcast and written, Individual
Finalists:
- Rob Coppinger, Editor BIS SpaceFlight Magazine
For continuing, as an excellent Space correspondent, his outstanding Space news reporting, analysis and feature writing.
- Andy Saunders, Apollo Remastered
For his ground-breaking Apollo Remastered project and book, restoring some of the most important photographs ever taken from NASA’s moon missions, his exhibitions, talks and social media outreach.
- Max Alexander, Max Alexander Photography
For the creation and execution of his ground-breaking ‘Our Fragile Space’ exhibition which highlights Space sustainability, the problems of Space Debris and the benefits of Space.
CONGRATULATIONS
Rob Coppinger, Editor BIS SpaceFlight Magazine
- Lifetime Achievement
Finalists:
- Dr Paul Jerram, Chief Engineer (Ret’d), Teledyne e2v
For his breakthroughs in Image sensing technology and designs for some 250 of the world’s most significant scientific space missions including Kepler, Hubble, New Horizons, Gaia, Aeolus, JUICE and all the Sentinel spacecraft.
- Stuart Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Space Applications Catapult
For, as an inspirational Space sector leader, persuading industry academia and Government to work together, tackling the Space skills shortage and encouraging the innovative use of space for social good.
- Professor John Zarnecki, Open University
For more than 40 years at the forefront of space research and exploration, from Skylark sounding rockets, the Hubble Faint Object Camera, the Giotto DIDSY dust instrument and the Huygens Surface Science Package to Rosetta and Beagle 2.
CONGRATULATIONS
Professor John Zarnecki, Open University
- International Achievement [Finalists and Awardees selected by the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Board]
Finalists:
- The Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN)
For enabling new space science, studying a wide range of dynamical geophysical phenomena in the near-Earth space environment and the interface between Earth’s atmosphere and space, through the continued growth of the SuperDARN radar network.
- The Earth Space Sustainability Initiative (ESSI)
For gathering existing initiatives together to establish principles of Sustainability and acceptable standards essential for a successful Global Space Industry.
- The NASA Voyager Team
For the constant care and attention that allows us to receive data from the Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, as they continue their journeys beyond the edge of our Solar System and enable us to see ourselves in the context of space.
CONGRATULATIONS
The NASA Voyager Team
