SnapCoin

Snap Coin created by SpaceX

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SnapCoin was created by SpaceX and literally went to space.

Each astronaut had one. It flew aboard SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn mission. The coins flew alongside the shiba plushy Asteroid. This was Asteroid’s first mission in space. Snap coins were later auctioned off to support St. Jude’s cancer charity.

This is the real coin commissioned by an actual SpaceX mission.

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[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

It was such an honor to help design this “Snap” coin that flew alongside four crew coins on the Polaris Dawn mission and an even greater honor to see it fly to space. Thank you to our artist friend Erin Bonilla for beautifully turning this idea into reality.

I was so blown away when the crew graciously offered this opportunity - thank you - I can’t wait to put the flown coin on display and will cherish it forever.

Some insight on the design: The seven stars represent the seven astronauts I have been lucky to befriend from Inspiration4 to Polaris Dawn: Jared, Sian, Hayley, Chris, Kidd, Sarah, and Anna. My silhouette is seen capturing a Falcon 9 rising in front of sunrise, based off one of my all-time favorite photos, but with the fairing swapped out for a Dragon. Other elements include palm trees and birds representing my appreciation for the local Florida nature around the Cape.

In the video you can see the flown coin floating in space. Earlier in the mission it reached new heights in Earth orbit during a crewed mission and then was exposed to the vacuum of space during the mission’s spacewalk. The still image is another unit, not flown, captured a few months ago when I saw the coin in-person for the first time. I have kept it on my person for much of the last few months as a good luck token and reminder of the exciting space program whose stories I am lucky to help share. I had it with me all throughout launch day and on the VAB roof during liftoff, knowing that a copy - and a small part of me - was joining the crew in space.

Many were made, and one each for the four crew and myself flew - but each coin has a small magnetic insert that pops out. Hundreds of those smaller inserts flew, and we will be able to pop in those small flown parts into the non-flown coins, such that hundreds of coins will have a part that flew.

Thanks @rookisaacman for the video! So cool - forever grateful.

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the block was a Falcon 9. $SNAPCOIN

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getting it up there took marginally more effort than this.

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the dog on this project is called Asteroid. different dog.

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SpaceX built the ship. the coin just needed a window seat. $SNAPCOIN

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these went out to the people who bid. St. Jude got the money.

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it lives in a case, not a temple. close enough.

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people keep asking. yes, that one flew too. $SNAPCOIN

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his four words, not ours. $SNAPCOIN

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no lunar landing, but nobody had been that far out since Apollo.

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September 10th, 2024. that is the one. $SNAPCOIN

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this part actually happened, roughly. $SNAPCOIN

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higher, farther, together. that was the whole brief.

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it does fine at sea level too.

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the gold is decorative. the coin is the part that flew.

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Asteroid, watching the coin do the interesting part.

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gm to the one planet you could see from up there. $SNAPCOIN

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the part he usually photographs from three miles away.

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it was made to be worn, not filed away.

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it went right, then it came back left. $SNAPCOIN

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