Space Shuttle all 5 orbiters flown artifact acrylic Capcom Shuttleworth became the second privately

Shuttleworth became the second privately funded spaceflight participant

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

Reiter’s mission represented a major step in Europe’s preparation for permanent participation in the International Space Station

A rare and deeply personal artifact of human spaceflight

At the time

Space Shuttle all 5 orbiters flown artifact acrylic Capcom Shuttleworth became the second privatelyAcrylic 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