AMERICAS SPACE FIRST SERIES (6 COINS SET) Start Price USD 150.00 Current Price USD 150.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 27, 2008 Location Yonkers, NY See more about 'AMERICAS SPACE FIRST SERIES (6 COINS SET)' Description YOU ARE BIDDING: AMERICA'S SPACE FIRST SERIES THIS "SPACE FIRST SERIES " DEPICTS IMPORTANT "FIRSTS" IN AMERICA'S MANNED SPACE PROGRAM. MERCURY 3 - LAUNCHED AND LANDED MAY 5, 1961. ALAN SHEPARD ON TOP OF A REDSTONE ROCKET BECAME THE "FIRST AMERICAN IN SPACE" MERCURY 6 - LAUNCHED AND LANDED FEB. 20, 1962. JOHN GLEN JR. WITH THE ATLAS ROCKET AS THE BOOSTER, BECAME THE "FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH" GEMINI 4 - LAUNCHED JUNE 3, 1965 WITH ASTRONAUTS JAMES McDIVITT & EDWARD WHITE ON TOP OF A TITAN.  THEY COMPLETED AMERICA'S FIRST SPACE WALK APOLLO 11 - LAUNCHED JULY 16, 1969 WITH A SATURN V LAUNCH VEHICLE. ASTRONAUTS                                ARMSTRONG & ALDRIN, WITH COLLINS ABOVE,  LANDED ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON JULY 20, 1969 "MANKINDS FIRST LUNAR LANDING" STS 1 - LAUNCHED APRIL 12, 1981 ASTRONAUTS YOUNG & CRIPPEN FLEW                                 AMERICA'S FIRST REUSABLE SPACECRAFT, THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA. STS 7 -  LAUNCHED JUNE 18, 1983 WITH ASTRONAUTS CRIPPEN, HAUCK, FABIAN, THAGARD, &                     SALLY RIDE AMERICA'S FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE, ABOARD THE ORBITER CHALLENGER. ALL MEDALLONES ARE ONE TROY OUNCE OF .999 FINE SILVER. LIMITED SET # 1054 OF 10,000 GOOD LUCK BIDDING I HAVE OTHER AUCTIONS AT YANKEES1979 Place a Bid!