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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II ESA Columbus Module
| Issuer | Cook Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Reverse description | A full-colour photographic reproduction applied to the central field depicts the ESA Columbus laboratory module attached to the International Space Station, with an astronaut conducting a spacewalk visible in the foreground against the curvature of the Earth and the darkness of space. The gold-plated border features a ring of small stars interspersed around the circumference. The legend ONE SMALL STEP arcs along the upper rim, while the commemorative dates 1969 and 2009 appear in the lower field flanking a central star, marking the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE SMALL STEP 1969 2009 |
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The ESA Columbus laboratory module was launched aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in February 2008 — STS-122 — after years of delays traced back to the Columbia disaster grounding the shuttle fleet. Columbus is the largest single contribution the European Space Agency has made to the International Space Station, and remains operational. Cook Islands has issued commemorative collector coinage under licensing arrangements for decades, with space-themed issues forming a consistent subset of their broader program.