Dan Dare adaptation receiving award for stars (9)
I believe the answer is:
andromeda
'for stars' is the definition.
(Andromeda is a constellation)
'dan dare adaptation receiving award' is the wordplay.
'adaptation' indicates anagramming the letters.
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'award' becomes 'OM' (order of merit).
'dan'+'dare'='dandare'
'dandare' is an anagram of 'andreda'.
'andreda' placed around 'om' is 'ANDROMEDA'.
(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "Female unfortunately attached to rock" , "Moan, dread about princess rescued by Perseus" , "Pattern of stars" , "Once on the rocks" , "Adored man on constellation with great spiral nebula" .)