"This 50th Anniversary medallion contains metal from most of the aircraft Eastern has flown since the Pitcairn Mailwing and from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as well." Issued by: Eastern Airlines October 11-22, 1968." Issued by: Frontiers of Flight Museumįlown metal: fragments from Kapton polymide tape and 16mm data acquisition cable "This medallion contains metal from the Apollo 7 spacecraft flown by Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham. "This edition contains medal flown aboard a space shuttle mission." Year issued: 2009 Sometimes confused as a Manned Flight Awareness issue, the following medallions were also minted with flown metal or other source material. "This coin contains medal flown aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-114, July 28-August 2, 2005" Year issued: įlown metal: two metal ingots carried in Official Flight Kit Laboratory module flown on mission STS-98, commemorates the deployment of another element in building the International Space Station February 2001." Year issued: "This coin, containing medal from the U.S. element in building the International Space Station December 4-15, 1998." Year issued: 1998įlown metal: two pieces of metal cut from the skin panel on "Unity" (Node 1) one piece measuring 6"x2" and the other measuring 6.75" x 2.25" and both 1/2" in thickness "This coin, containing medal from the Unity node flown on mission STS-88, commemorates the cooperation of nations and the deployment of the first U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Russian Space Station Mir." Year issued: 1996 "This medallion commemorating international cooperation in space contains metal from the U.S. "This medallion includes metal that was flown in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, November 11-16, 1982." Year issued: "This medallion was made in part from metal that was flown in space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, March 22-30, 1982." Year issued: We would like you to have this memento made, in part, of metal taken from the Columbia. "Thank you for your contribution toward making the world's first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle STS-1 possible. We would like you to have this memento made, in part, of metal taken from the Enterprise." Year issued: "Thank you for your contribution toward making the Approach and Landing Tests of the Space Shuttle Orbiter successful. "This medallion contains metal from both Apollo and Soyuz that joined together in the first International manned space mission on July 15-24, 1975" Year issued: 1975 Skylab - on which astronauts Conrad, Kerwin, Weitz, Bean, Garriott, Lousma, Carr, Gibson and Pogue opened a new era in the uses of space" Year issued: 1974 "This medallion contains metal that traveled through space on the world's first space station - the U.S. "This Medallion contains metal from spacecrafts Columbia and Eagle, that took Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on their historic Apollo 11 mission that resulted in the first landing of man on the Moon." Year issued: 1970įlown metal: LM: pulley clamp CM: heatshield bolt "In appreciation for your contribution to the Apollo Saturn project the Apollo 8 crew carried metal in this medallion on man's first flight to the Moon" Year issued: 1968įlown metal: half-inch sphere of aluminum NASA presented these medals to their employees and contractors (typically accompanied by a certificate or card) whose work helped to make the mission a success. Referred to by the title of the NASA office tasked with their issuing, the Manned Flight Awareness medals mark one of the rare instances when the agency used flown hardware to create mementos.Įach medal was minted in part from metal flown aboard the mission for which it commemorates. This is number 54 of an unspecified number of unflown silver (Not actual size.) (Not actual size.)ĭue to minting issues, delivery of the "Return To Flight" medals was delayed by over a year. This example, minted post flight, is number 242 of 515 produced for the families and friends of the crew. To date, none of the 39 flown silver medallions have been recovered. With such a wide selection to choose from, one approach is to collect only flown medallions or those minted using metal that was carried into space.Ĭonsidered by many collectors as the most desirable of all the flown medallions, the Robbins (named for the company responsible for their minting) are created for, purchased by, and only available to the astronauts. In fact, you could probably locate several for each. You could probably find a coin, medallion, token, and/or doubloon to commemorate every flight, mission, or program to have ever had the goal of launching an object - human or otherwise - into space. CollectSPACE - The Editor's Collection - Medallions
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