Editing Robert A. Heinlein (section)

==Honors==
[[File:Robheinlein-6312.jpg|thumb|right|Orbital path of Robert Heinlein's [[eponym]]ous asteroid]]

In his lifetime, Heinlein received four [[Hugo Award]]s, for ''Double Star'', ''Starship Troopers'', ''Stranger in a Strange Land'', and ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'', and was nominated for four [[Nebula Award]]s, for ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'', ''Friday'', ''Time Enough for Love'', and ''Job: A Comedy of Justice''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424095142/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NebulaNomList.html|url-status=dead|title=''The Locus Index to SF Awards:'' Nebula Award Nominees|archive-date=April 24, 2012}}</ref> He was also given seven Retro-Hugos: two for best novel: ''Beyond This Horizon'' and ''Farmer in the Sky''; three for best novella: ''If This Goes On...'', ''Waldo'', and ''[[The Man Who Sold the Moon]]''; one for best novelette: "The Roads Must Roll"; and one for best dramatic presentation: "Destination Moon".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1941-retro-hugo-awards/|title=1941 Retro-Hugo Awards|date=December 29, 2015|website=The Hugo Awards|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814012002/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1941-retro-hugo-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1946-retro-hugo-awards/|title=1943 Retro-Hugo Awards|date=March 30, 2018|website=The Hugo Awards|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164834/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1946-retro-hugo-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1951-retro-hugo-awards/|title=1951 Retro-Hugo Awards|date=July 26, 2007|website=The Hugo Awards|language=en-US|access-date=April 4, 2020|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164837/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1951-retro-hugo-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Heinlein was also nominated for six [[Hugo Award]]s for the works ''Have Space Suit: Will Travel'', ''Glory Road'', ''Time Enough for Love'', ''Friday'', ''Job: A Comedy of Justice'' and ''Grumbles from the Grave'', as well as six [[Retro Hugo Award]]s for ''Magic, Inc.'', "Requiem", "Coventry", "Blowups Happen", "Goldfish Bowl", and "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag".

Heinlein won the [[Locus Award]] for "All-Time Favorite Author" in 1973, and for "All-Time Best Author" in 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/award_category.cgi?326+0 | title=Award Category: All-Time Favorite Author (Locus Poll Award) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/award_category_year.cgi?316+1988 | title=Award Category: 1988 All-Time Best Author (Locus Poll Award) }}</ref>

The [[Science Fiction Writers of America]] named Heinlein its first [[SFWA Grand Master|Grand Master]] in 1974, presented 1975. Officers and past presidents of the Association select a living writer for lifetime achievement (now annually and including [[fantasy]] literature).<ref name=SFWA/><ref name=SFAwards/>

In 1977, Heinlein  was awarded the [[Inkpot Award]],<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref> and in 1985, he was awarded the [[Eisner Awards]] "Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award".<ref name="Clampett">{{cite web | title=Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award - 1985| website=Comic-Con International | date=2024-12-04 | url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/other/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award/ | access-date=2025-03-22}}</ref>

[[Asteroid belt|Main-belt]] [[asteroid]] [[6312 Robheinlein]] (1990 RH4), discovered on September 14, 1990, by [[H. E. Holt]] at Palomar, was named after him.<ref>{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Chamberlin |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6312+Robheinlein |title=SSD.jpl.nasa.gov |publisher=SSD.jpl.nasa.gov |access-date=May 16, 2012 |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310005714/http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6312+Robheinlein |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1994 the [[International Astronomical Union]] named [[Heinlein (crater)|Heinlein crater]] on Mars in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/marscrater.html|title=site: Robert A. Heinlein—Archives—Heinlein Crater (Mars) |publisher=www.nitrosyncretic.com|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226234128/http://www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah/marscrater.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2415?__fsk=-1521410232|title=Heinlein Crater|website=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature|access-date=November 30, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081143/https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2415?__fsk=-1521410232|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame|Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame]] inducted Heinlein in 1998.<ref name=sfhof-old/>

In 2001 the United States Naval Academy created the Robert A. Heinlein Chair in Aerospace Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sfwa.org/news/heinchair.htm|title=The Robert A. Heinlein Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering |publisher=SFWA News|date=May 2, 2015|access-date=November 26, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502215018/http://archive.sfwa.org/news/heinchair.htm|archive-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref>

Heinlein was the Ghost of Honor at the 2008 [[World Science Fiction Convention]] in Denver, Colorado, which held several panels on his works. Nearly seventy years earlier, he had been a Guest of Honor at the same convention.<ref name=gazette>{{cite news |work=[[The Colorado Springs Gazette]] |title=Sci-fi writers, fans gear up for Worldcon |url= https://gazette.com/news/sci-fi-writers-fans-gear-up-for-worldcon/article_7c860219-3b98-5f0c-ac36-e119b354d36d.html |first=Bill |last=Radford |date=July 26, 2008}}</ref>

In 2016, after an intensive online campaign to win a vote for the opening, Heinlein was inducted into the [[Hall of Famous Missourians]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://house.mo.gov/News.aspx?news=true&id=613|title = Robert Heinlein to be inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians|work = Missouri House of Representatives|access-date = February 17, 2019|archive-date = February 18, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081836/https://house.mo.gov/News.aspx?news=true&id=613|url-status = live}}</ref> His bronze bust, created by Kansas City sculptor [[E. Spencer Schubert]], is on permanent display in the [[Missouri State Capitol]] in [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.mo.gov/famous.aspx|title=Hall of Famous Missourians|website=Missouri House of Representatives|access-date=November 30, 2017|archive-date=November 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121082132/http://www.house.mo.gov/famous.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Libertarian Futurist Society has honored eight of Heinlein's novels and two short stories with their [[Prometheus Hall of Fame Award|Hall of Fame]] award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfs.org/awards.shtml|title=Libertarian Futurist Society: Prometheus Awards|website=Lfs.org|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501021257/http://www.lfs.org/awards.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The first two were given during his lifetime for ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' and ''Stranger in a Strange Land''. Five more were awarded posthumously for ''Red Planet'', ''Methuselah's Children'', ''Time Enough for Love'', and the short stories "Requiem" and "Coventry".