Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com, an online publication and community devoted to space history with a particular focus on how and where space exploration intersects with pop culture. Pearlman is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of 'Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space” published by Smithsonian Books in 2018. He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind. In 2009, he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2021, he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History.
In addition to featuring NASA imagery, U.S. space-topical stamps have also served as canvases for some of the nation's top space artists, including Robert McCall, Paul Calle and his son Chris Calle, Ron Miller and James Vaughan.
"The Postal Service is honored to be chosen for this award in recognition of the many space-themed stamps we have released over the years," said William Gicker, Director of Stamp services for the U. S. Postal Service."Stamps are part of the fabric of U.S. culture that celebrates the people, events and cultural milestones of American life, including the strides that Americans have made into space.
in the 1960s to stamps honoring [the] space shuttle and NASA's exploration of the solar system, the postal service has found space-themed stamps to be an extremely popular subject," Gicker said. Beginning with the 1948 Fort Bliss 3-cent stamp, which depicted a V2 launch from Texas, the U.S. Postal Service has celebrated the nation's efforts in space with more than 100 postage stamps.
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