The source of this heatshield fragment was a larger block of heatshield encased into lucite as a presentation piece given to VIP's and NASA workers as recognition for their work in the space program

Atlantis and Endeavour followed

Certified and handsigned by him „Used for final preparation of STS-122“

The signatures transform the cover from a flown postal artifact into a highly significant record of international human spaceflight during the final years of the Mir era

Mission Control in Houston told the crew to end the mission earlier than planned and return to Earth

Lunar meteorite Gadamis 003 / Apollo 16 Skylab The source of this heatshieldBusiness card size trading card containing a small fragment of the lunar meteorite Gadamis 003 that was examined and identified to match the lunar material recovered from the Apollo 16 landing site! So this can be considered lunar rock from Apollo 16 (in a way). Certified on the backside! From the Meteoritical Bulletin : Gadamis 003 30. 284N, 11. 005E Ghadamis, Libya Find: 2021 Classification: Lunar meteorite (anorth) Physical characteristics: Two