Carl Sagan
Awards & Honours
10
Awards Won
7
Honours
1
Rankings
2
Covers
3
Records
Carl Sagan's achievements as a scientist and communicator remain unparalleled. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The Dragons of Eden, a rare honor for a science book. His Cosmos series set the standard for science documentaries, winning two Emmys and a Peabody. He received NASA's highest civilian honors and was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Asteroid 2709 Sagan, the Carl Sagan Memorial Station on Mars, and the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute all bear his name. The American Astronomical Society established the Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in his honor.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
New Jersey Hall of Fame
Inducted in Education/Research/Engineering/Science category.
International Space Hall of Fame
Inducted for contributions to space exploration.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Posthumous induction for contributions to science fiction.
Asteroid 2709 Sagan
Asteroid named in his honor.
Carl Sagan Memorial Station
Mars Pathfinder landing site named after him.
Carl Sagan Center
Research center named in his honor.
Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication
Award established in his name.
Rankings & Lists
Time magazine cover profile
Magazine Covers
Time
October 20, 1980
The Cosmic Explorer: Carl Sagan
Time
November 1996
Posthumous tribute
Records & Feats
Best-selling science book at the time of publication
Cosmos became the best-selling science book ever published when it was released in 1980.
Most-watched series in American public television history
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage reached at least 500 million viewers in 60 countries.
First physical messages sent into interstellar space
Sagan helped design the Pioneer plaques (1972) and Voyager Golden Record (1977), the first human-made objects intended to communicate with extraterrestrial life.