40th Anniversary of Americans in Orbit
Year: 2002
Mint/Issuer: Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Mintage: 2500
Historical metal: Metal from Mercury Atlas launch pad 14
Additional Information:
A special commemorative was given to guests of the Evening with the Mercury Astronauts at KSC's Apollo Saturn V Center in 2002. Each of the dinner guests received a medallion minted in part from metal taken from Cape Canaveral Air Station Pad 14, where the Mercury-Atlas was launched 40 years prior. Production of the medallion was sponsored by Space Adventures, Ltd.
