The National Space Club is a non-profit organization whose mission is devoted to promoting space activity. It is based in Washington D.C.. It has four main objectives:

• Promote US Space Leadership
• Continue to push for the advancement of space technology
• Enhance communication between responsible parties via meetings, seminars, and other information exchanges
• Recognize and honor those people and organizations that contributed significantly to rocketry and astronautics

The National Space Club fulfills these objectives with scholarships, grants, internships, luncheons, the Goddard Memorial Dinner, and newsletters.

The Goddard Memorial Dinner is the annual awards banquet honoring the late Dr. Robert H. Goddard

Robert H. Goddard

Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American professor, physicist and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which he successfully launched on March 16, 1926...

. During the night, 10 awards and 1 scholarship is presented. The awards include:

• Robert H. Goddard Trophy
  Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy
  The Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to an individual or group determined to have made the most impact on space activities over the past year. It is named after Dr. Goddard, the father of modern rocketry. It is the primary award of the National Space Club presented during...
  
  
• Dr. Joseph Charyk Award
• NOAA David Johnson Award
• Olin E. Teague Memorial Award
• Space Educator Award
• Astronautics Engineer Award
• Nelson P. Jackson Award
• Press Award
• Eagle Manned Mission Award
• General Bernard Schriever Award