SpaceX COTS-2 LE
Year: 2012
Mint/Issuer: NW Territorial Mint/SpaceX
Mintage: 2000
Flown metal: Flown copper
Additional Info:
Dragon C2+, also known as SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 (COTS 2), was the second test-flight for SpaceX's un-crewed Dragon cargo spacecraft, launched on the third flight of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight was under contract to NASA as the second Dragon demonstration mission in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The purpose of the COTS program is to develop and demonstrate commercial sources for cargo re-supply of the International Space Station (ISS). The Dragon C2+ spacecraft was the first American vehicle to visit the ISS since the end of the Space Shuttle program. It was also the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with another spacecraft. -Coin minted in Auburn Washington by Northwest Territorial Mint for SPACEX employees and executives only!
Space flown Copper embedded within medallion/coin.
Dye# Obverse side = J 20 97
Art# Obverse side = A031622V9
Dye# Reverse side = K87
Art# Reverse side = A034622
