You can now own a $1 gold coin celebrating one of America’s most revolutionary achievements: the NASA Space Shuttle program. The latest variant in the ongoing American Innovation $1 Coin series is available to order through the United States Mint. Credit: US MintNASA relied on the Space Shuttle to transport astronauts on missions from April 1981 until its retirement in July 2011. In 2004, President George W. Bush announced plans to retire the Space Shuttle program following the completion of the ISS. The Artemis program’s rocket booster engines, casings, and main engines are all repurposed and refurbished from Space Shuttle craft.