NAA's Collier and Brewer Trophy Awards have been handmade for 26 years, with over 800 trophies crafted by sculptor Robert Bricker at his Bronze Craft Foundry for Sculpture.

Robert J. Collier Trophy Dinner Honoring the OSIRIS-REx Team recipient of the 2023 Collier Award

June 13, 2024
The Hilton,
Washington Mall,
Washington D.C.

The Collier Trophy

The Robert J. Collier Trophy is awarded annually “for the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America, with respect to improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of air or space vehicles, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year.

the Brewer Trophy

The Frank G. Brewer Trophy is awarded annually to an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization for significant contributions of enduring value to aerospace education in the United States.

2023

OSIRIS-REx Team Earns the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy

The Collier Trophy

By successfully designing, building, and carrying out the first U.S. mission to collect an asteroid sample, NASA proved once again that we do big things. Things that inspire the world. We look forward to the incredible science to come that will tell us more about our solar system, and help protect humanity here on Earth.

2022

Nasa – Northrop Grumman James Webb Telescope Industry Team

The Collier Trophy

For revolutionizing the field of astrophysics by successfully commissioning and operating the James Webb Space Telescope, the world’s largest, most powerful and technologically complex space observatory ever built.

2022

Susan Mallett

The Brewer Trophy

For her passionate and sustained aviation education leadership and ambassadorship to create enduring collaborative partnerships, programs, and products, which have impacted and inspired over 2 million American youth since 1986.

2021

Shelly Simi

The Brewer Trophy

For her professional leadership and unwavering dedication in promoting aviation and aerospace education through industry partnerships, workforce initiatives and organizations dedicated to aviation across the United States.

2021

The NASA/JPL Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team

The Collier Trophy

For the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet, thereby opening the skies of Mars and other worlds for future scientific discovery and exploration.

2020

Garmin Autoland

The Collier Trophy

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2020

Professor James Gregory, PhD.

The Brewer Trophy

For his enduring contributions and leadership in engaging the public and students in the science of flight through video series, innovative laboratory experiences, and world-record-setting testing of unmanned aerial vehicles.

2021

The Brewer Trophy