Space Shuttle Columbia - Flown HRSI Tile Fragment lunarhighlands This process washes away iron

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Space Shuttle Columbia - Flown HRSI Tile Fragment lunarhighlands This process washes away ironThis specimen is a fragment of the black, reaction cured glass coating of the HRSI Space Shuttle Tile which appears in the Fourth Edition of the Mini Museum. NASA disposition paperwork accompanying the tile indicates it was removed after the Space Shuttle Columbias 7th mission, STS 61 C, which flew on January 12, 1986. As pictured, the item is roughly the size of a standard Mini Museum specimen (4 5mm). The glass coating is very thin, so for