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Author	Topic: Robbins medals for commercial crew flights
teopze Member Posts: 191 From: Ithaca, NY Registered: May 2008	posted 05-28-2020 05:35 PM Are Robbins Medallions still being made for NASA commercial crew flights? Just wondering, will the tradition go on or not?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 49198 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 08-09-2020 06:25 PM We may have to wait for someone to ask the astronauts on the current missions if they flew medallions (or the ingots to strike them post-flight), or if that tradition has indeed ended.
teopze Member Posts: 191 From: Ithaca, NY Registered: May 2008	posted 08-09-2020 06:37 PM That may take a while. It's a small, small niche. Perhaps during some sightings someone could ask indeed. It's interesting to know; the tradition last(s/ed) for decades after all.
teopze Member Posts: 191 From: Ithaca, NY Registered: May 2008	posted 10-06-2022 02:16 AM What was the latest Robbins Medallion? I'm pretty sure they still make it for the ISS missions, do they? What about the SpaceX ones?

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