Central Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics:
Flight of Yuri Gagarin on board Vostok 1
Mir space station
Buran Space Shuttle
Year: 1994
Mint/Issuer: Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Mintage: 1000 each
Flown metal: Unknown metal flown in space
Additional Information:
Officially issued by Central Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in 1994 medals minted from flown metal of space station MIR launch rockets that carried the modules to orbit. Three different medals were made. Yuri Gagarin/Vostok-1 first manned flight, orbital station MIR and orbital space ship BURAN. Reverse side of each medal depicts official logo-emblem of Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics. Medals included certificates.