The Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal is an annual award by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). It was established in 1986 in memory of Frank Malina, an American aeronautical engineer who pioneered rocket propulsion research and helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The medal is presented annually to an educator who has demonstrated excellence in promoting the study of astronautics and space sciences. Each organization of the IAF may nominate a candidate each year, and candidates are reviewed by a committee during the annual spring meeting in Paris, France. Awards after 1996 have been conferred upon only one person. In total, 42 awards have been given granted to engineers, academics, astronauts, and scientists from 11 countries.
List of recipients 1984: László Gazdag 1985: None 1986: Christa McAuliffe (posthumous) 1987: Luigi G. Napolitano 1988: André Lebeau 1989: None 1990: None 1991: Gerald M. Gregoreck 1992: Oleg M. Alifanov 1992: Willy Sadeh 1993: Hans H. Von Muldau 1994: Richard A. Seebass 1995: John L. Whitesides 1996: Julius E. Dash 1996: Motocki Hinada 1997: Vladimir V. Prisniakov 1997: Leroy S. Fletcher 1998: Kiran Karnik 1999: John Junkins 2000: Roland Doré 2001: Carlo Buongiorno 2002: Martin Sweeting 2003: William A. Hisock 2004: Eugene Dzhor 2005: G. P. "Bud" Peterson 2006: Tetsuo Yasaka 2007: Peter M. Bainum 2008: Anne Brumfitt 2009: Barbara Morgan 2010: Jean-Marie Wersinger 2011: Yves Gourinat 2012: Amalia Ercoli Finzi 2013: John Logsdon 2014: Bryan DeBates 2015: Boris Pschenichner 2016: Bénédicte Escudier 2017: Lynn Cominsky 2018: David B. Spencer 2019: Mengu Cho 2020: Peter Martinez 2021: Filippo Graziani 2022: Shinichi Nakasuka 2023: Klaus Schilling 2024: Bob Twiggs 2025: Bernard Foing
See also List of space technology awards List of engineering awards Prizes named after people
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