Space Shuttle Challenger - Flown LRSI Tile Fragment rockinaboxcelt 70 million years ago

70 million years ago

and leaving behind the rich colors and glass-like surface thought to capture the visual essence of immortality

holding within them the fundamental building blocks of the Solar System

Sizes and shapes vary widely on this specimen but they are all about 0

Strauss passed away

Space Shuttle Challenger - Flown LRSI Tile Fragment rockinaboxcelt 70 million years agoAbove: Front of the Specimen Card featuring NASA image STS07 32 1702. Taken on June 22, 1983, during STS 7. The Space Shuttle Challenger (OV 099) was the second of the space shuttles in the program to enter orbit, embarking on its maiden voyage on April 4, 1983. Over the course of its ten missions, the shuttle gathered scientific data, repaired satellites, and brought the first African American to space, Guion Bluford. This specimen is a mission flown