Nominations will open again in 2026.
Please make sure your Mission of the Year nomination meets the following criteria before nominating
Wet mass of less than 150 kg,
Have launched, established communication, and have acquired results from on-orbit after January 1, 2024 00:00:00 UTC.
Nominations must show innovation in:
Spacecraft structural design
Scientific instrument development
Communications capability
Attitude determination and control capability
Intersatellite coordination
Constellation or cluster management
Onboard computing
Other mission aspects.
Please make sure your Rookie of the Year nomination meets the following criteria before nominating
Wet mass of less than 150 kg,
Have launched, established 1 uplink and 1 downlink from on-orbit after January 1, 2024 00:00:00 UTC.
Be the "first" in one of the following ways**:
Organization
Company
University/School
Country
State
*The judges may consider missions with earlier launch dates that had delayed ISS deployments or extensive on-orbit checkout periods, on a case-by-case basis.
**The judges may also consider organizations who's first mission was lost during a launch or deployer failure and never had the opportunity to work in space or who's first attempt to work in space was unsuccessful.
Nominations will open again in 2026.