Awards
- Induction into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in December of 2018
- Received “Female Alumna of the Year” at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Selected as part of BBC’s 100 Women of 2018(#96)
- The Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021
- The Prince Philip Medal by the United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering in 2021
- The National Museum of the Surface Navy's Freedom of the Seas Exploration and Innovation Award in 2021
- Recently in 2024 was given an elementary school named after her(Gladys West Elementary)
