Space Shuttle all 5 orbiters flown artifact acrylic Capcom Direct connection with the first

Direct connection with the first Shuttle-based exchange of a Mir crew

248 times and travelled approximately 139 million miles

At the time

limited edition of 16 each with only 8 sets to be sold as a triptych

A rare and deeply personal artifact of human spaceflight

Space Shuttle all 5 orbiters flown artifact acrylic Capcom Direct connection with the firstAcrylic containing a FLOWN insulation artifact from EACH space flown US Space Shuttle Between the first launch of Columbia (STS 1) on April 12, 1981, and the final landing of Atlantis (STS 135) on July 21, 2011, NASA's space shuttles flew 135 missions. After first built Columbia the Shuttles Challenger (Exploded 73 seconds after launch, STS 51L), Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour followed. Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re entry Earth's