• National Security Space Award: Defense Support Program (DSP)
• Civil Space Award: NASA Apollo 11 Mission 40th Anniversary
• Commercial Space: Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
• Space Innovation Award: Google Earth
• International Space Award: Aersopace Valley of France
• The Buzz Aldrin Space Education & Workforce Awards: Industry Initiatives for Science and Mathematics Education (IISME) and California Launch Vehicle Education Initiative (CALVEIN)
• Federal Leadership Award: Mr. Joseph Rouge
• California Astronaut Hall of Fame (Current) Award: Dr. Gregory Chamitoff
• California Astronaut Hall of Fame (Former) Award: Dr. Ellen Ochoa
• Space Science Research Award: Space Sciences Laboratory
• Business Development and Retention Award: Connectory.com®
• Space Entertainment Awards: Ms. Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek (2009)
• Space Manufacturing Award: Next Intent
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Buzz Aldrin
• New Space Professional Award: Dr. Patty Chang-Chien
• Small Disadvantaged 8A Business Impact and Accomplishments Award: UDASH, Inc.

2008 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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• Bradford W. Parkinson (Col., USAF, Ret.)
• Lieutenant Governor John Gararmendi
• Congressman Mike Honda
• Traveling Space Museum
• Alliance for Regional Collaboration to Heighten Education Success (ARCHES)
• Antelope Valley Board of Trade
• The Spaceship Company
• Spectrolab
• Space Exploration Technologies
• ACE Clearwater Enterprises
• Vandenberg Air Force Base
• Phoenix Mars Lander Mission
• Canadian Space Agency
• Voyager Mission
• Amy Connors
• James H. Newman, PhD
• Rex J. Walhein (Col., USAF)
• Dawn Marie O'Connor
• Jeffrey Mark Luscher

2007 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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• Congressman Adam B. Schiff
• Secretary Victoria L. Bradshaw
• Mojave Air and Space Port
• Raytheon
• NOVA Workforce Board/University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
• Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) Program
• U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Corporation SBIRS Team
• Space Systems/Loral
• XCOR Aerospace, Inc.
• COM DEV USA
• German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Program
• Star Wars
• Gen. Kevin Chilton
• Barbara Morgan
• Ms. Tapp Hancock/Ms. Anne Marie Wotkyns

2006 SpotBeam Award Recipients:

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• Margaret Cagle and Caleb Cheung
• Emily Stover DeRocco
• Assemblymember Ted W. Lieu
• 14th Air Force
• Dr. Jack Lissauer, NASA Ames Research Center and Dr. Mark Showalter, SETI Institute
• Southern California Edison
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Sally Ride Science
• Magellan
• SpaceDev, Inc.
• Hannover Fairs USA, Inc.
• NASA Ames Research Center
• Gene Roddenberry (Posthumously)
• Col. Richard A. Searfoss, U.S. Air Force (Ret.)