U.S. Mint Sends 2026 Semiquincentennial Coins to Space
May 16, 2026
Selected 2026 U.S. circulating coins honoring the nation’s 250th anniversary launched Friday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a mission to the International Space Station.
The coins lifted off Friday, May 15, at 6:05 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was part of NASA’s 34th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-34), or CRS-34, carrying science, supplies and equipment to the orbiting laboratory.
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