Ziolkowski Medal
The Tsiolkovsky Medal ( Russian Знак Циолковского ) is the highest award of the Russian space agency Roskosmos . It is named after the space pioneer Konstantin Eduardowitsch Ziolkowski (1857–1935), who derived important theoretical foundations for space travel .
The medal was originally awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences . In 1954, at a meeting of the Academy's Presidium, it was decided to award a Ziolkowski Medal every three years to domestic and foreign scientists who have made a name for themselves in the field of interplanetary transport .
After the establishment of Roskosmos, the awarding of the Ziolkowski Medal was taken over by the agency from 2002. It is awarded to employees of the Russian space industry who have made a significant contribution and active participation in basic research in the field of conquest and use of space, as well as to foreigners for a significant contribution to the conduct of scientific space research.
Other awards given by Roskosmos are:
- Korolyov Medal ( Знак Королёва )
- Gagarin Medal ( Знак Гагарина )
- Medal for ensuring space flights ( Знак «За обеспечение космических полетов» )
- Medal for the Promotion of Space ( Знак «За содействие космической деятельности» )
- Medal for International Cooperation in Space ( Знак «За международное сотрудничество в области космонавтики» )
Well-known award winners
- Yuri Gagarin , first person in space
- John Glenn , first American in space
- Sergei Koroljow , chief designer of the Russian space program
- Todd B. Hawley , co-founder of International Space University
- Peter Diamandis , American aerospace engineer, director of the X-Prize Foundation
- 1978: Alexei Gubarew , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1978: Georgi Grechko , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1978: Pyotr Klimuk , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1982: Hans Barth , German science author
- 1987: Joachim Trümper , German astrophysicist
- Carl Sagan , American astronomer, astrophysicist, and exobiologist
- 2007: Gregor Morfill , German astrophysicist
- Cornelis de Jager , Dutch astronomer
- Erna Roth-Oberth , daughter of Hermann Oberth
- 2014: Josef Eberhardsteiner , Austrian materials scientist and university professor
Web links
- Знак Циолковского on astronaut.ru (Russian)
- Information on the Ziolkowski Medal on mpe.mpg.de (under Ziolkowski Medal for Prof. Gregor Morfill )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Julian Hans: Hero of Heaven. In: The time . 15/2011, April 7, 2011, here p. 2
- ↑ a b Awards from Roskosmos on astronaut.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Information on the Ziolkowski Medal on mpe.mpg.de (under Ziolkowski Medal for Prof. Gregor Morfill )
- ↑ a b c press release , Neues Deutschland , April 14, 1978
- ↑ Joachim E. Trümper on mpe.mpg.de
- ↑ James Maxwell Prize for Gregor Morfill on mpe.mpg.de, July 19, 2011