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The silicon disc with goodwill messages left on the Moon by Apollo 11 astronauts. The Apollo 11 goodwill messages are statements from leaders of 73 countries around the world on a disc about the size of a 50-cent piece made of silicon that was left on the Moon in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts.
Apollo 11 space-flown silver Robbins Medallion from the first spaceflight to land on the Moon.Presented to Wally Schirra by Neil Armstrong.. NASA space-flown Gemini and Apollo medallions were mission-specific commemorative medallions, often astronaut-designed, which were approved by NASA and carried aboard the mission spacecraft into orbit.
Coin forum bloggers deemed the sales to be dismal, and that they foretold a poor future for numismatics in the United States. [26] A total of 296,311 Apollo 11 coins were sold in the first 24 hours, with the five-ounce silver dollar the leader both in number sold (51,271) and percentage of the mintage authorization sold (51.3 percent).
Dimes make dollars, they say -- but some dimes are worth more than a few dollars. As Gainesville Coins detailed, there are U.S. dimes that have sold for more than seven figures in the past. Find ...
The early dimes were 90% silver and 10% copper, but rising silver prices caused the Mint to change the mix to 75% copper and 25% nickel in the 1960s. The vast majority of Roosevelt Dimes are worth ...
Anna Menon, a mission specialist and medical officer on the Polaris Dawn mission, poses with "Kisses from Space," a children's book she co-authored. Menon read the book Wednesday from orbit.
They are known from both Soviet-and American-flown missions. While some types are rare, others, such as Space Shuttle covers, were carried in large numbers, and are thus relatively common, costing less than US$50. Perhaps the most common item of astrophilately is the "STS-8 flight cover".
STS-111 was a 13-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The STS-111 mission delivered a new ISS resident crew and a Canadian-built mobile base for the orbiting outpost's robotic arm. The crew also performed a late-notice repair of the station's robot arm by replacing one of the arm's joints. It was the second Space Shuttle mission ...