Space Shuttle Ceramic Tiles For Sale

Sts 1 thermal tile lucite nasa flown space shuttle.
Space shuttle ceramic tiles for sale. Space shuttle tile batch furnace technology for space shuttle tile manufacture with more than 20 000 ceramic tiles covering a space shuttle vehicle it is often necessary to replace a great many tiles after the shuttle returns from a mission in space. Just about every single person in the united states remembers where they were on february 1 2003. Register to acquire tiles through the new nasa space programs historic artifacts prescreening web site. There were 20 548 hrsi tiles which covered the landing gear doors external tank umbilical connection doors and the rest of the orbiter s under surfaces.
By ryan oakes. Make offer nasa space shuttle space flight awareness autographed eileen collins poster. Space shuttle orbiter thermal protection system tiles are available to educational institutions and museums. Nasa space shuttle space flight awareness autographed eileen collins poster.
As we all know now the orbiter disintegrated during re. Nasa disposition paperwork accompanying the tile indicates it was removed after the space shuttle columbia s 7th mission sts 61 c which flew on january 12 198. When the outer portion of a tile gets hot the heat takes a long time to work its way down through the rest of the tile to the shuttle s skin. The black hrsi tiles provided protection against temperatures up to 1 260 c 2 300 f.
Marked flown nasa space shuttle booster rocket separation motor nozzle. The tiles keep the orbiter s aluminum skin at 350 degrees or less. Nasa initially used nextel in space shuttle development. Free shipping on many items.
Make offer sts 1 thermal tile lucite nasa flown space shuttle. Replacement is required because the fragile tiles are easily damaged in. They were also used in areas on the upper forward fuselage parts of the orbital maneuvering system pods vertical stabilizer leading edge elevon. Later the fibers were used to fill gaps between orbiter tiles and were woven into insulation blankets heat shields and other protective items.
The silica fibers are mixed with water and chemicals and the mixture is poured into molds which are zapped in microwave ovens at. This is an actual piece of thermal tile material that was made in the late 1970s for the space shuttlecolumbia the first. Thermal protection system tps links. This specimen is a fragment of the black reaction cured glass coating of the hrsi space shuttle tile which appears in the fourth edition of the mini museum.
When engineers needed materials for shuttle tiles that could stand up to the heat of reentry they turned to the versatile ceramic.