It was made to commemorate the first docking of the US Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir.

Identical unflown medals also exist. This limited edition minicoin contains 10,000 grains of silver that was carried aboard Apollo 14 on its voyage around the moon. John Glenn, piloting the first crewed U.S. orbital spaceflight Mercury-Atlas 6 also carried several one-dollar silver certificates. They contains metal flown aboard an undisclosed space shuttle mission. APOLLO 12 Kapton Foil: This is a small piece of the actual Kapton insulation foil which was trimmed from the Apollo 12 Lunar Module "Intrepid" in preparation for launch from the Kennedy Space Center. The mission dates are located on the reverse. It was produced in 2015 for the 50th anniversary of the flight by Winco and was limited to just 3,500 pieces. These were purchased by astronauts and support crew personnel at NASA Astronaut Flight Office, and a total of over 3,000 sterling silver Robbins medallions were flown into space across the 12 crewed flights of the Apollo program. Eastern Airlines 50th anniversary: This large heavy oval 1968 medal was struck using metal from most of the aircraft flown by Eastern Airlines since 1928. They were made from metals flown on board from a Soyuz TM space craft. Date of issue 2012, Mintage unknown. The medallions were struck in sterling silver two to three months prior to the scheduled mission, though it is unclear whether serial numbers were added pre or post-flight. Mintage 129,449. Again this Apollo 16 medal also contains metal flown to the moon on the Apollo missions. Space Shuttle Columbia Flown Fragment (STS-5 mission): Space Shuttle Columbia Flown Payload bay lining (STS-5 mission): NASA 25 years: To commemorate NASA's 25th Anniversary on 14-August-1983 the shuttle flight STS-8 was to take 500,000 serialised first day covers into space. [1][nb 1]. Explorer 1 50th anniversary: Issued in 2008 for the 50th anniversary of the launch of Explorer-1, this set of three medals feature metals from the Pad A launch complex that Explorer-1 used.

STS-114 Team Award - The most recent and currently one of the rarest, is this Space Flight Awareness Team Award featuring metal flown onboard the Space shuttle Discovery's flight STS-114 in 26/July - 9/August 2005. Some of these were later sold in public auction for up to $60,000. Issued on 12-April-1991 Baikonur Cosmodrome, this example comes in its original Fleetwood presentation card. Walt Cunningham had 45 sterling silver re-strikes made in the 1970s, numbered 256–300. Apollo 15: Released in 2018, this Winco minted medal contains metals flown around the moon on the Apollo 15 mission. Apollo 13 Flown Items. This is a flown 1" fragment from a Soyuz T-11 space craft that was docked with the Salyut-7 space station 4th April to 2nd October 1984. This rare limited edition medal was struck using metal removed from the shuttle and presented to NASA ground crew.

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This is an actual piece of one of the six oxygen supply tanks carried on board Skylab. Sterling silver Robbins medallions have continued to be struck for every crewed NASA spaceflight, including Skylab and Space Shuttle missions. Apollo 14 flown metal minicoin: Franklin Mint "Flown Metal" Medal commemorating the Apollo 14 mission to the moon. Space Shuttle Atlantis Flown Payload bay lining (STS-71 mission): 25 years Moon Landing: This limited edition serialised presentations were issued to commemorate 25 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing. Apollo 8: Manned Flight Awareness Medal for Apollo 8 with in original presentation certificate. "This medallion contains metal from both Apollo and Soyuz that joined together in the first International manned space mission on July 15-24, 1975". [68], NASA space-flown commemorative medallions, Gemini mission space-flown Fliteline medallions, Apollo mission space-flown Robbins medallions, Robbins medallions were also struck for the crews of the. Both these Manned Flight Awareness and Skylab Achievement Award named presentations were presented to Ruth M Elder who, with her husband, worked at NASA in the 1970s. For further presentation materials such as original 25-July-1969 info page from VIP, 4-August-1969 distribution papers to General Electric management for their employees and information pages, please refer to the. On the first crewed Gemini flight (Gemini 3), Grissom and Young brought 50 two-dollar bills. Winco mints Dryden Flight Research Center: This medal contains metal from the X-31 technology demonstration aircraft used to test thrust vectoring. Also pictured is the extremely rare silver version of the same coin in a velvet galaxy mint case and COA. Winco mints Dryden Flight Research Center: Another from the series, is this medallion that contains metal from a SR-71 Blackbird. Mintage unknown. [3] Mercury astronauts carried small light-weight mementos on their missions, often in the form of US coins or banknotes. Mintage of the aluminum version was 160,000 with 35,000 silvers made.

A very small number of Apollo Robbins medallions were also struck in 14k gold, generally ordered by the mission crew as a personal memento. Mintage was limited to just 4,967 sets and they were not offered for sale to the public. ARES I-X - Flown metal medal commemorating the first Ares rocket launch 28-October 2009. [22] In 1935, the first 1,000 badges of a new design for the Federal Bureau of Investigation were produced by Robbins. The names of the flight crew can be found on either the obverse or reverse. [24][25] Only those directly affiliated with the AFO were eligible as purchasers,[26] and they were bound by their employment contract not to commercialize the medallions,[27] as NASA was concerned about any appearance that the astronauts might profit from the flown medallions.[28]. Apollo 13: With a mintage limited to just 2500 pieces, this Winco medal, contains metals flown around the moon on the Apollo 13 flight. Also pictured is the silver proof 3 rubal Gagarin coin in a presentation box. The antique copper (mintage unknown), a silver plated version (50,000 pieces minted) and a .999 silver medal, the latter having 25,000 medals minted. Also on the reverse (or sometimes the edge) is the medallion serial number. This example is to commemorate the flight of Yuri Gagarin (the first man in space) onboard Vostok 1. Apollo 11: A series of 5 medals were minted using the original dies by Robbins for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Mintage 1,972 medals. This rare limited edition medal (only 60,000 struck) was minted using metal removed from the Space Shuttle following the mission for NASA ground crew. PORT CANAVERAL - This is the complete set of seven Port Canaveral Maiden flight series flown metals medals. Apollo 13 Flown EVA Prep Card - SOLD Click for more info. Date of issue 2010, Mintage unknown. Here is the Apollo 14 medal which, like the others from the series, contains metal flown to the moon on the Apollo missions. Apollo-Soyuz 20th anniversary/Atlantis-Mir medal: This very rare medal was issued for the 20th anniversary of the Apollo Soyuz mission in 1975. Flown medallions were placed on board the mission vehicle and achieved either Earth or lunar orbit. This is an example of the limited edition Manned Flight Awareness medal mounted on a named presentation page commemorating the Apollo Soyuz mission. Apollo Soyuz Soviet medal set: This set of six Soviet medals contain flown metal for a 1975 mission (not sure if its from the actual ASTP mission). [24] The basic elements of the medallion design are consistent throughout the Project Apollo series. [65] Between both auction companies, the top 10 prices realized range from US$30,000 to nearly $62,000, all for sterling silver medallions from either Apollo 11 or Apollo 17. STS-3 - This is the Space Flight Awareness flown metal medal from the Columbia's third flight STS-3. Date of issue 2017, Mintage unknown. Space-flown numismatic items are also known for early Gemini missions. This medal contains metal flown on this mission. Apollo 17 40 years: This is another of the official NASA commemoratives manufactured by Winco International. Apollo 12: Issued in 2014, this medal contains metals flown to the lunar orbit on Apollo 12. Space Shuttle Orbiter Flown Foil samples: These two presentations (above and below) both contain pieces of flown Kapton foil or insulation blanket flown on selected mission from each of the Space shuttle orbiter fleet. As with the other medal issued with space-coins.com, only 981 of these medals were minted. Project Mercury 40th anniversary: This official NASA medal is the very limited edition Mercury 40th anniversary medal.