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NASA recognition award from the first flight of space shuttle Columbia, STS-1, comprising both the certificate and a medallion made of metal taken from the spacecraft. Medal features mission insignia, the date of April 1981 and the names of the crew John Young and Bob Crippen on the obverse, and upon the reverse, text reading, ''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''. Medal measures 1.5'' in diameter and weighs half an ounce, or 15 grams. Some adhesive residue, else near fine. Medal had originally been affixed to the certificate, which is dedicated to John E. Hankinson. Certificate measures 8.5'' x 11''. Some surface loss to upper left and also to verso from mounting. Very good.
NASA Achievement Medal & Certificate for the Columbia STS-1 Mission -- Medallion Made of Metal Taken From the Shuttle Itself
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