NASA space-flown Apollo medallions were mission-specific commemorative medallions which were approved by
NASA and carried aboard the mission spacecraft into orbit.
Apollo 12 (November 14 – 24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States
Apollo program and the second to land on the
Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida. Commander
Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot
Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot
Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit.
The medallions were struck by the Robbins Company in sterling silver and ordered by the mission crew as a personal memento of their flight; they were often taken to the lunar surface in the landing module. A total of over 3,000 Robbins medallions were flown into space across the 12 crewed flights of the Apollo program.Photograph credit: Heritage Auctions; commissioned by the NASA astronaut office