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9.4 Awards
KidSat drew a lot of attention over the years of the pilot program because it was of interest to a great portion of the public, was an exciting program that had students as the key participants, and was of great benefit to the community. Many achievement awards have been given to KidSat students for their contributions, especially in the use of the Internet as a core operation mechanism. Below are a few of these awards.

9.4.1 FEDnet Webbie Award
Jeff Lawson, who was then a member of the Data System team, accepted the FEDnet '96 Webbie Certificate of Achievement awarded to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the most innovative Web site. The award was presented by Fednet and Reed Exhibition Companies on October 22, 1996. The Webbie award is given to government Web sites that demonstrate excellence in network computing. KidSat was nominated by the Eastman Kodak Company for its success in using the Internet to assist students' education through the use of space photography.

9.4.2 The Computerworld Smithsonian Awards
In 1997, KidSat was selected as one of five finalists from a pool of 300 nominees in the Education and Academia category of the Computerworld Smithsonian award, the Face of Innovation. This award is for outstanding users of information technology. It was given to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and was received by John Baker, KidSat Flight System manager, and Austin Leach and Joshua Lane, members of the KidSat Flight team from La Cañada High School. JPL was nominated by Eastman Kodak company. Although KidSat was not the first place winner, a permanent exhibit at the National Museum of American History, Division of Information Technology, was dedicated to the project. KidSat also became part of an Internet archive of all the nominees and award winners at the Innovation Network (http://innovate.si.edu). As a finalist, KidSat received a limited edition medallion from the Smithsonian Institution.

9.5 First-Day Cover
The JPL Stamp Club usually does first-day covers for JPL-related missions. They did one for KidSat. [[image, Figure 74: First-Day Cover for STS-76 as presented by the JPL Stamp Club.]]

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