posted 11-24-2012 10:55 AM               

SpaceX flew 2,201 individually serialized patches on its first flight of the Dragon (COTS 1) in December 2010. Each came with a personalized certificate attesting to the emblem being flown.

Credit: MILCO

posted 02-14-2013 05:21 PM               

As reported above, each of the 4" diameter size patches were numbered in a silver metallic thread and attached to an 8x10" certificate, "Flown in Space, Falcon 9 / Dragon * First Mission to Station."

Most have a worker's name printed on it along with a notation, "Patch 0--- of 2500 flown presented to ..."

Each COAs is also hand-signed by Elon Musk, CEO and Chief Designer for SpaceX.

posted 03-01-2014 03:07 PM               

As seen recently on eBay:

This limited edition coin commemorates the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) mission (C2+), May 22-31, 2012, when SpaceX's Dragon became the first privately developed spacecraft ever to attach to the International Space Station. The coin contains a small portion of Dragon's cargo — a piece of space-flown copper that has been incorporated into the sun on the front side of a small number of custom-minted coins.

This limited-edition mission patch commemorates the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) mission (C2+), May 22-31, 2012, when SpaceX's Dragon became the first privately developed spacecraft to attach to the International Space Station. This custom patch contains a portion of one of the three parachutes that brought Dragon safety back to earth at the end of that historic mission.

posted 03-02-2014 11:05 AM               

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Originally posted by Tom:
Is the commemorative coin available anywhere?

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posted 12-29-2015 03:30 PM               

On May 6, 2015, SpaceX successfully conducted a key first flight of its all-American Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Pad Abort test demonstrated the revolutionary SpaceX launch abort system. To commemorate this historic test, this limited edition custom-framed item contains both a photograph of Crew Dragon descending on its recovery zone in the Atlantic Ocean and a piece of one of the parachutes used to bring the spacecraft down safely.

posted 12-19-2016 08:27 PM               

So awesome to get a piece of the first orbital-class rocket that landed on earth! (landed a year ago this week!)

posted 09-02-2017 07:45 AM               

One year ago today, we lost the Amos-6 vehicle. This is a somber, very important reminder to always focus on reliability as #1 priority.

The included card reads:

2017 has proved to be a pivotal year for SpaceX. As we celebrate our first reflight and more to come, it's important to remember the lessons learned from past hardships.

While the CRS-7 and Amos-6 mishaps are behind us, we continue to feel their impact. As we all know, a million things can go right but it only takes one misstep to result in a mission failure.

This portion of Dragon's solar array structure from the failed CRS-7 mission serves as a reminder that launching safely and reliably is everyone's duty. Always triple check your work, check the work of others, and together we will continue to make history.

posted 08-29-2018 01:30 PM               

The coin contains a small portion of Dragon's cargo — a piece of space-flown copper that has been incorporated into the sun on the front side of a small number of custom-minted coins.

This limited edition coin commemorates the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) mission (C2+) May 22-31 2012, when SpaceX's Dragon became the first privately developed spacecraft ever to attach the International Space Station.

posted 11-19-2019 07:22 PM               

This is a bank of cold gas thrusters which were critical to the Starhopper 18 meter and 150 meter flight success. These thrusters are part of the reaction controls system which maintains roll control of the vehicle during flight.

posted 12-12-2019 09:29 PM               

Table of dreams, at SpaceX today.

My, how big they are! And some nice shadow waffles too. At hypersonic speeds, the upper atmosphere is like molasses, so these fins near the top of the booster effectively guide and stabilize the return flight.

posted 01-14-2020 12:02 AM               

This rare presentation contains a large piece of cargo racking from the SpaceX CRS-6 flight to ISS. The presentation, which is enclosed in a removable clear acrylic case, was presented to select employees who had worked at SpaceX for 10 years at the time.