Sep 20, 2024
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) Flown Tile Section Limited Edition Presentation.
A small, 0.5" square portion of a thermal tile embedded in a numbered (0322) 3.75" x 2.75" x 1" clear Lucite display. It was "Presented to Doris R. Fennell/ In appreciation of your contribution to the Space Shuttle program" as noted on the front. There is an accompanying folder that reads, in part: "This memento contains a section of thermal protection tile cut from a damaged tile that was removed from the orbiter 'Columbia' after its first mission in space (...) This authenticated tile section was prepared for you as a member of the Kennedy Space Center team (...)"
via Heritage Auctions
tried to recreate that lovely basic worm logo+shuttle line art graphics:
