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CHALLENGER DISASTER & FIRST FLIGHT OF ATLANTIS SILVER ROBBINS MEDALLIONS FOR STS-51F, -51G, -51I, -51J & -51L
FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ASTRONAUT JOHN FABIAN
20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
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CHALLENGER DISASTER & FIRST FLIGHT OF ATLANTIS
SILVER ROBBINS MEDALLIONS FOR STS-51F, -51G, -51I, -51J & -51L
FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ASTRONAUT JOHN FABIAN
Five (5) unflown sterling silver Robbins Medallions, approx 1½" in diameter. Mission emblem and crew names on obverse, mission dates and crew names on reverse, each engraved on edge with serial numbers 111 (of 202), 105 (of 206), 99 (of 239), 79 (of 180) and 99 (239) respectively. In the original cases.
Accompanying this lot is a typed provenance letter from Astronaut John Fabian which reads: "This collection of Space Shuttle Robbins Medallions represents 5 of the earliest shuttle missions. It includes two highly historic flights. STS-51L was the devastating mission that ended with the explosion of the Challenger and the loss of 7 astronaut lives. STS-51-G was an international flight with a French astronaut and a Sudi who is the son of the current King of Saudia Arabia. I was also a member of that memorable flight. The face of the medallions features the crew-designed mission patch, including the names of the crew members. The obverse side is engraved with the launch and landing dates and the rim of the medallions is engraved with its serial number. The Astronaut Office at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas manages the order and sale of these medallions. They are only available to current and former astronauts. They are more than rare. I hereby certify that, as an active astronaut, I purchased these 5 medallions and that they have been a part of my personal collection since that time. John Fabian, Astonaut."
STS-51F was the eight flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger—part of its payload was the Carbonated Beverage Dispenser Evaluation, an experiment in which Coca-Cola and Pepsi tried to make their beverages available to astronauts. STS-51I was the sixth flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-51J was the first flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-51L was the the first flight in which a non-government civilian, schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, had flown aboard the Shuttle. The mission ended catastrophically; the Challenger was completely destroyed mere seconds after lift-off, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. The Rogers Commission, which included the Nobel prize winning physicist Richard Feynman, determined the cause of the disaster to be due to a failure in the sealing of the O-rings.
FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF ASTRONAUT JOHN FABIAN
Five (5) unflown sterling silver Robbins Medallions, approx 1½" in diameter. Mission emblem and crew names on obverse, mission dates and crew names on reverse, each engraved on edge with serial numbers 111 (of 202), 105 (of 206), 99 (of 239), 79 (of 180) and 99 (239) respectively. In the original cases.
Accompanying this lot is a typed provenance letter from Astronaut John Fabian which reads: "This collection of Space Shuttle Robbins Medallions represents 5 of the earliest shuttle missions. It includes two highly historic flights. STS-51L was the devastating mission that ended with the explosion of the Challenger and the loss of 7 astronaut lives. STS-51-G was an international flight with a French astronaut and a Sudi who is the son of the current King of Saudia Arabia. I was also a member of that memorable flight. The face of the medallions features the crew-designed mission patch, including the names of the crew members. The obverse side is engraved with the launch and landing dates and the rim of the medallions is engraved with its serial number. The Astronaut Office at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas manages the order and sale of these medallions. They are only available to current and former astronauts. They are more than rare. I hereby certify that, as an active astronaut, I purchased these 5 medallions and that they have been a part of my personal collection since that time. John Fabian, Astonaut."
STS-51F was the eight flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger—part of its payload was the Carbonated Beverage Dispenser Evaluation, an experiment in which Coca-Cola and Pepsi tried to make their beverages available to astronauts. STS-51I was the sixth flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-51J was the first flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-51L was the the first flight in which a non-government civilian, schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, had flown aboard the Shuttle. The mission ended catastrophically; the Challenger was completely destroyed mere seconds after lift-off, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. The Rogers Commission, which included the Nobel prize winning physicist Richard Feynman, determined the cause of the disaster to be due to a failure in the sealing of the O-rings.