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Canada Mints Space Collector Coins For Canadarm2
Ottawa, Ontario (SPX) Jun 05, 2006 On April 22, 2001, Colonel Chris Hadfield made space exploration history as the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk when he installed Canadarm2 on the International Space Station. To mark the fifth anniversary of the mission, the Royal Canadian Mint has presented Colonel Hadfield with two new collector coins commemorating the spacewalk and the development of the Canadarm robotic arms, considered two extraordinary achievements in Canadian history. The design of the two coins - one 14-karat proof gold coin and one sterling-silver-proof coin - features Colonel Hadfield on his momentous spacewalk with Canadarm2 in the background. These coins also reflect the innovative technologies for which the Mint has become famous: a selective hologram of the Canadarm on the sterling silver coin and a bi-colored, laser-enhanced Canadarm on the gold coin. "Colonel Chris Hadfield's historic spacewalk and Canada's development of the Canadarm and Canadarm2 robotic arms are two achievements which are admired around the world and inspire great national pride," said Marguerite F. Nadeau, acting president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. "The Royal Canadian Mint created these commemorative coins, which embody our collective pride, to pay tribute to these two outstanding achievements in the history of Canadian space exploration," Nadeau added. The Canadarm robotic arms, created for the Canadian Space Agency by MDA, were used during important space missions, including Hadfield's. The Canadarm and Chris Hadfield collector coins, along with all other coins produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, are available through the Mint by calling 1-800-267-1871 in Canada, or 1-800-268-6468 in the United States. They also can be obtained by visiting the mint's online store, at the mint boutiques in Ottawa and Winnipeg, or through the global network of authorized Royal Canadian Mint dealers and distributors. The gold coin � part of a limited worldwide mintage of 1,000 - is the second in the Canadian Achievements series. The first was the 2005 gold coin commemorating the 120th anniversary of the implementation of standard time. With a limited mintage of 1,200 coins worldwide, it has already sold out. The sterling-silver-proof coin, with a worldwide mintage of 20,000, features the same design as the gold coin and was produced to be accessible to a wider public, given the popularity of Canada's astronauts and the country's robotic arms. The price of the gold coin is $1,089.95 CAN, and for the silver coin, $79.95 CAN. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links - Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
ISS Crew Begin Spacewalk and Leave Station Unmanned
Moscow (AFP) Jun 02, 2006Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and US astronaut Jeffrey Williams left the International Space Station (ISS) for a spacewalk early Friday, leaving the craft temporarily unmanned, Russian mission control said. |
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