Space Shuttle Geocoin

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Owner:
KATnDOGZ Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Please note that this is a geocoin proxy.  It is a space shuttle pin attached to a tracking tag.  I've read that over 95% of geocoins that are released to travel from cache to cache go missing.  I love finding trackables in the wild, but I don't want this coin to go missing.  I'm going to hold onto it and will bring to events for folks to discover.    I'm sending out a "Space Shuttle" proxy in its place so all can see this cool Space Shuttle and earn the icon.

About This Item

Space Shuttle Geocoin Gold

Gold Space Shuttle Coin On Jan. 28, 1986, 73 seconds after launch, the Space Shuttle Challenger was lost to us on mission STS-51-L. During her lifetime, Challenger made 10 successful flights, surviving over 62 days in space, and almost 1000 orbits around our Earth. Seventeen years later, during re-entry of mission STS-107, on Jan 16, 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost to us. During her lifetime, Columbia made 28 successful flights, surviving over 300 days in space, and over 4800 orbits around our Earth. Both shuttles had a crew of 7 astronauts. While 38 missions might not seem like a lot for a pair of space craft, it is important to consider scale. Each orbit added over 25,000 miles to a shuttle's odometer! This coin commemorates both those flights, and the fourteen brave souls who were lost during those final missions. The artwork on the back of the coin is an artistic composite of the mission insignias from both flights STS-51-L and STS-107.

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Retrieve It from a Cache 8/14/2016 Icy Paws retrieved it from West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2016 Wisconsin   Visit Log

Got my paws on this one while attending the cache bash in West Bend, WI. Will move along promptly!
Discovered It 8/13/2016 WeMightBeGiants discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at or near the West Bend $1k Cache Bash. Thanks for sharing!!
Dropped Off 8/11/2016 'CandyMan placed it in West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2016 Wisconsin - 14.19 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/11/2016 'CandyMan retrieved it from FingerFood? Wisconsin   Visit Log

I will move it along
Discovered It 7/22/2016 IMRON49 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered it in the hands of the Ecorangers. Thanks for sharing.
Dropped Off 7/22/2016 Ecorangers placed it in FingerFood? Wisconsin - 925.01 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/22/2016 Ecorangers retrieved it from GeoWoodstock 14er - 2016 Colorado   Visit Log

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Dropped Off 6/29/2016 cavyguy placed it in GeoWoodstock 14er - 2016 Colorado - 2,390.45 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/29/2016 cavyguy took it to Where Are You Cavy #2 Alaska - 67.84 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/26/2016 cavyguy took it to Akdogteams why is this here????????? Alaska - 85.85 miles  Visit Log
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