Stellar Awards DAY EVENTS
- National Space Trophy Dinner
- Tour and Luncheon
- Hotel Reservations
- Hotel Parking
- Transportation
- What You Need to Do
National Space Trophy Dinner
The dinner will be held at the downtown Houston Hyatt Regency, Friday, September 3, 2021. A reception will begin at 6:00 p.m. with dinner and Stellar Awards presentations following. This is a black tie event. You and your spouse or guest will be informed of seating assignments when you arrive.
Al's Formal Wear, Baybrook Square (1201 West Bay Area Blvd, Webster, TX 77598) offers tuxedo rentals ranging from $99.95 to $189.95 plus tax and damage waiver fee to RNASA banquet attendees. Coat styles can be viewed at www.alsformalwear.com. Al's Formal Wear and sister company Tip Top Tux are including shoe rental at no additional charge for the RNASA Group. (Tip Top Tux operates primarily in mid-to-northern US locations.) All orders must have measurements and at least a down payment made a month prior to the event. Obtain measurements at Al's or any of Al's sister companies: Savvi Atlanta, Tip Top Tux, Nedrebos, American Commodore, or Savvi Minnesota. If you choose to rent your tuxedo in Houston, you have the option of picking it up at the Al's Formalwear store or having it delivered to the Houston Hyatt Regency concierge (under your name) with no delivery charge. Deliveries to the hotel needs to have measurements and paid in full 30 days prior to the event. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Baybrook Al's at 281-338-6648 and be sure to mention you are attending the RNASA Rotary event.
You are invited to bring your spouse or a guest. Your organization is responsible for arranging for seating reservations at the dinner banquet, so please be sure to confirm these arrangements with your organization and complete the RSVP form to confirm your attendance.
Winners of the Stellar Awards in various categories will be announced the night of the dinner. If you are selected as a winner, you will be called forward to accept the award. You will not be asked to make a speech.
Tour and LuncheonIn addition to the dinner, there is a luncheon at Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake, hosted by the RNASA Foundation. A preliminary agenda is available on this website, and will be updated prior to the event.
If you are a nominee or nominated team representative, you are invited to bring one guest to the luncheon. The guest for the luncheon and dinner need not be the same person.
Hotel Reservations
For out of town guests making travel arrangements, the Houston Hyatt Regency will serve as the host hotel. Maps are available on the website: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/texas/hyatt-regency-houston/hourh. The hotel reservation link and additional information on the RNASA group rate will be provided on this page at a later date. The hotel is offering discount rates starting at $169 per night plus applicable taxes for all guests associated with the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) event, for September 2 through 5. This rate is available by calling Reservations at 888-421-1442 or 713-654-1234, and requesting the RNASA 2021 group rate, or by booking a reservation via the website using the following URL by Monday, August 2, 2021. Hyatt RNASA Event Reservation link
Please note: The Houston Hyatt Regency only offers valet parking. RNASA has arranged free valet parking for gala attendees (and a $17 discount for overnight guests). RNASA cannot reimburse parking charges from other local parking lots. From Louisiana, turn left at Polk and then make an immediate right to the valet parking drop off location. Get your valet parking stickers (that will be affixed to the back of the parking ticket) when you get your table assignment at RNASA registration (at the base of the escalators).
Transportation
Buses will be provided to transport nominees and their guests from the Houston Hyatt Regency to the Johnson Space Center for the morning tour, to Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake for the luncheon, and then back to the Houston Hyatt Regency in the early afternoon. Those local to the Clear Lake area may board a bus at the Gilruth Center, which will proceed to the tour and back to the Gilruth Center, but buses will not be provided to and from the luncheon for the local participants. For out-of-town guests, it is assumed that your organization will arrange for any other transportation that you require.
What You Need To Do
For planning purposes, we need to know which of the events you will be able to attend. Please complete and send the RSVP form as soon as possible! The deadline for submitting your RSVP for attending the events is July 30, 2021.
As a reminder, it is your organization's responsibility to arrange for your attendance at the banquet, pay for your travel arrangements, and to provide you with time off to participate in the day's events.