Ohio State Design

Two famous astronauts, Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, were both born in Ohio. John Glenn was famous for being the first American to orbit the earth in space in February of 1962. He spent five hours in space aboard a Mercury spacecraft called Friendship 7. After his mission, John Glenn was known as a national hero. Neil Armstrong was famous because he was the first person to set foot on the moon. He traveled there on the Apollo 11 spacecraft and landed a lunar module named Eagle on July 20, 1969. He spent about two and a half hours on the moon collecting rocks, taking photographs, planting the American flag, and setting up a pair of experiments before he came back to the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Two of his famous quotes after landing on the moon are, "The Eagle has landed," and "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

The airplane on the Ohio quarter symbolizes the invention of the airplane, which was built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio. Before building airplanes, Orville and Wilbur opened a printing shop at the ages of 18 and 22. The Wright Brothers built their own printing press. In 1893, after repairing friends' bicycles, they opened a bicycle shop. Some time later they made bicycles. The Wright brothers also spent many years researching flight using kites and gliders. A glider is an aircraft similar to an airplane but without an engine. They chose to test their flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina because extra power was provided by the winds, and crashing was safer because of the sandy banks. Their first successful flight using a plane with an engine was on December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. This event is pictured on the North Carolina state quarter. Wilbur and Orville Wright continued building and testing new models in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

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The Ohio quarter is the second quarter to be issued in the year 2002. Ohio entered the Union as the seventeenth state on March 1, 1803. To pick the design for the Ohio quarter, Governor Bob Taft asked the people of the state for ideas. The Governor created an 11-member Ohio Commemorative Quarter Program Committee, which chose six designs out of the 7,289 received. The people of Ohio chose the top four designs by voting on a web site. Governor Taft made the final decision, and submitted the design to the Secretary of the Treasury. The design recognizes Ohio's contribution to flight. It shows an early airplane and an astronaut, within the outline of the state. An inscription, that states "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers," completes the design. Four men who were famous for their work in aviation (which means "the science of flight") were from Ohio.
Two famous astronauts, Neil Armstrong and John Glenn, were both born in Ohio. John Glenn was famous for being the first American to orbit the earth in space in February of 1962. He spent five hours in space aboard a Mercury spacecraft called Friendship 7. After his mission, John Glenn was known as a national hero. Neil Armstrong was famous because he was the first person to set foot on the moon. He traveled there on the Apollo 11 spacecraft and landed a lunar module named Eagle on July 20, 1969. He spent about two and a half hours on the moon collecting rocks, taking photographs, planting the American flag, and setting up a pair of experiments before he came back to the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Two of his famous quotes after landing on the moon are, "The Eagle has landed," and "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." The airplane on the Ohio quarter symbolizes the invention of the airplane, which was built by Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio. Before building airplanes, Orville and Wilbur opened a printing shop at the ages of 18 and 22. The Wright Brothers built their own printing press. In 1893, after repairing friends' bicycles, they opened a bicycle shop. Some time later they made bicycles. The Wright brothers also spent many years researching flight using kites and gliders. A glider is an aircraft similar to an airplane but without an engine. They chose to test their flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina because extra power was provided by the winds, and crashing was safer because of the sandy banks. Their first successful flight using a plane with an engine was on December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. This event is pictured on the North Carolina state quarter. Wilbur and Orville Wright continued building and testing new models in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio.