Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award
The Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award is the highest honor that can be given by the Yuri’s Night Board of Directors. Awarded once each year, the Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award recognizes “a person or persons that embody the Yuri’s Night mission by using space and art to contribute to the future of humanity, both in space and on Earth.”
Each of the first eight Spirit of Yuri’s Night Awards was uniquely designed and handcrafted from aerogels and other high-quality materials. Aerogels are a diverse class of ultralow density solids with properties unlike anything else. From superinsulation and supercapacitors to ultralight structures, sensors, and armor, aerogels make possible technologies that make our world better. Aerogel disks were used in the NASA Stardust mission to capture samples of cometary dust and return it to Earth for analysis! Yuri’s Night thanks Aerogel Technologies, LLC and BuyAerogel.com for their generous support of the Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award.
Starting in 2019, the Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award has been a stunning model of the Earth that gently spins generously provided by MOVA Globes.

In recognition of the group’s influence on the style and aesthetics of space and the future, along with their incredible performance at the Kennedy Space Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
Watch the presentation and acceptance video by Nick Rhodes on behalf of the band.



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In recognition of his insights on the Orbital Perspective and hosting the first major Yuri's Night party on the International Space Station!
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In recognition of his unique efforts to share the wonder of space, using his personal trip to space to conduct scientific research, and conducting various art endeavors in space.