ðə nˈæʃənəl ɐsˌoʊsɪˈeɪʃən ʌv sˈaɪəns ɹˈaɪɾɚz ˈɑːnɚd hˌɪm twˈaɪs wɪð ɪts sˈaɪənsɪnsəsˈaɪəɾi dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪzəm ɐwˈɔːɹd, ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, fɔːɹ ˈɑːɹɾɪkəlz ɐbˌaʊt ðɪ ˌɛmˈɛks mˈɪsəl ænd ðə spˈeɪs pɹˈoʊɡɹæm.
The National Association of Science Writers honored him twice with its Science-in-Society Journalism Award, in 1982 and 1979, for articles about the MX missile and the space program.