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GLOBE Partner John Moore to Receive National Space Club Award
It is our great pleasure to announce that U.S. GLOBE Partner John Moore (Institute for Earth Observations, Palmyra, New Jersey) is the winner of the National Space Club’s 2026 Christa McAuliffe Space Educator Award. This annual award recognizes educators who work with high school students to motivate them in the study of space science and technology and guide them into those career fields.
John told us, "It has literally been a life-long work. The GLOBE Program — many in the USA and internationally — have supported me in these efforts. I have promoted these efforts for GLOBE to stay on the cutting edge."
The citation from the committee that decided the awardees states:
For more than four decades, John D. Moore has engaged students and advanced the precollege application of the space sciences within the environmental sciences by demonstrating how satellite imagery and space-based data can be used by students to investigate Earth systems. He has translated professional remote sensing and Earth systems practices into accessible, career-relevant learning experiences for students. Through educational initiatives with federal agencies and scientific societies, including NASA, NOAA, NSF, IEEE, the American Meteorological Society, and the GLOBE Program, Moore has taught and mentored hundreds of students and led professional development workshops for hundreds of teachers nationwide.
More recently, through the development of the cubesat A3Sat project, Moore has expanded these efforts by engaging students in authentic engineering and computer science skill-building aligned with workforce readiness. His mentoring philosophy emphasizes leading by example, working directly alongside scientists, engineers, and educators to inspire student research and projects presented at national and international scientific and educational conferences.
John will accept the award at the National Space Club’s annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner on Friday, March 13, in Washington, DC.
Please join us in congratulating John!
Read more about John’s efforts with GLOBE:
- U.S. GLOBE Partners Bring Small Satellites to Pre-College Students
- A3Sat: To Observe the Earth and Visualize the Future
- New Jersey GLOBE Partnership Takes the First Steps with Dr. John Francis, Planetwalker: “From South Jersey to South Africa”
News origin: United States of America