Space Shuttle Tire - Columbia Flown Nose Landing Gear Tire - Card Display elements Each tooth has been hand

Each tooth has been hand polished to enhance the natural structure of the fossil

The LEDs are tuned to a color profile of 4300K (equivalent to natural daylight)

The material is affixed to an informational card detailing the history and uses of ochre in the Paleolithic world

but their roots extend back far further into the late Miocene Epoch some 11

Cretaceous Burmese amber has been found to have inclusions of a high diversity of terrestrial fauna and flora

Space Shuttle Tire - Columbia Flown Nose Landing Gear Tire - Card Display elements Each tooth has been handAcross 30 years, the Space Shuttle program launched dozens of flights of its five orbiters, writing a new chapter in the history of space exploration. During these missions, astronauts ran experiments, made astronomical observations, launched satellites, and performed other tasks in pursuit of knowledge of outer space. Columbia was the first mission flown shuttle, kicking off three decades of the program. This specimen is a mission flown nose landing