STS-1 Medallion

Object/Artifact

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McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

Name/Title

STS-1 Medallion

Entry/Object ID

2024.13.39

Description

STS-1 Manned Flight Awareness Medallion April 1981

Acquisition

Accession

2024.13

Source or Donor

Carol Tyler

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

NASA

Date made

circa Apr 1981

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Embossed

Location

Front of medallion

Transcription

"April 1981" "Columbia" "YOUNG" "CRIPPEN"

Language

English

Notes

Signatures of Astronauts included on front

Type

Embossed

Location

Back of medallion

Transcription

"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 Columbia." "NASA"

Language

English

Dimensions

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Materials

Material

Brass

Material Notes

Includes metal taken from Columbia