Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Robbins Co.
- Summary
- This sterling silver medallion minted by the Robbins company of Attleboro, Massachusetts commemorates the Apollo 7 mission and has the mission patch on its front. Apollo 7 was launched on October 11, 1968, and returned after almost eleven days in Earth orbit. It was the first human spaceflight in the Apollo program and had as its primary purpose the testing of various Apollo spacecraft components. Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham were the astronauts.
- Robbins medallions were only available for purchase through the NASA astronaut office. 255 of 300 eventual Apollo 7 Robbins medallions were carried into space on the Apollo 7 mission. This medal belonged to NASA astronaut and National Air and Space Museum director Michael Collins, who gave the medallion to the Museum for display in the "Apollo to the Moon" gallery when the National Mall Building opened in 1976. It became a permanent part of the National Collection in 1985.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael Collins
- Inventory Number
- A19850160000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Events
- Materials
- Sterling Silver
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 3.2 × 2.4 × 0.2cm (1 1/4 × 15/16 × 1/16 in.)
- Storage: 7.6 × 7.6 × 2.5cm (3 × 3 × 1 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19850160000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bc957476-12d4-49c0-909b-3184d30d9d98
