The CCAC did suggest, however, adding the "SATURN V" inscription in the same logotype font as included on other candidate designs. coins or other medallions, agreed with the governor and recommended Design 1. The CCAC, which advises the Secretary of the Treasury on any theme or design proposals relating to U.S. The second, Design 2, shows the first stage of a launching Saturn V separating from the rest of the vehicle with the moon in the distance. The inscription "SATURN V" is in the plume coming from the five F-1 engines.ĭesign 1 was one of the two candidates that was preferred by Ivey. Design 6 features a Saturn V rocket set against a prominent image of the moon. Mint/)ĭesign 1 depicts the power and force of the Saturn V lifting off, with the moon in the background. The second of two preferred candidate designs for Alabama's 2024 American Innovation $1 Coin honoring NASA's Saturn V rocket. The Apollo program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon 6, with adjustment to the vertical inscription 'United States of America' as needed," Luebke wrote. "They suggested showing the engine smoke as billowing along the edge of the composition for greater visual effect, as seen in alternatives no.
The inscription "SATURN V," in a typeface inspired by NASA's "worm" logotype, is incused into the plume trailing the rocket's engines. The CFA's preferred design focuses on the F-1 rocket engines at the tail end of a Saturn V. "They cited the strong composition that conveys a sense of the rocket engine's tremendous power at liftoff." 10 that depicts the base of the Saturn V rocket," Thomas Luebke, the CFA secretary, wrote in a June 24 letter to U.S. "The commission members recommended reverse no. In response, the mint's artists worked with liaisons and experts to develop 11 candidate designs, each focusing on the Saturn V, which stood as tall as a 36-story building and, at launch, generated more power than 85 Hoover Dams. "As of 2022, the Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful (opens in new tab) (highest total impulse) rocket ever brought to operational status and remains the only launch vehicle to carry humans beyond low Earth orbit," the mint's statement read.Īlabama Governor Kay Ivey proposed the moon rocket as the state's theme (opens in new tab) for the innovation coin series. "Initially developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the moon, a total of 13 Saturn V rockets were launched (opens in new tab) between 19 from the Kennedy Space Center with no loss of crew or payload." Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama," the mint described in its presentations to the CFA and CCAC. "The Saturn V rocket was designed and built at the George C. One of only three remaining Saturn V moon rockets, and the only vertical standing replica, are on display in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
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