Space Shuttle Atlantis - Flown Thermal Blanket meteoritejewelry Please Note: The Mini Museum

Please Note: The Mini Museum is a handmade product and the production process lends itself to small variations

They survived several mass extinction events

Sizing: The pallasites measure just a little under 1/2" x 1/2" (12mmx14mm)

Early theories about the Asteroid Belt suggested there was once a planet that was destroyed by a massive collision

tree-like shapes in the same process that creates snowflakes

Space Shuttle Atlantis - Flown Thermal Blanket meteoritejewelry Please Note: The Mini MuseumAbove: Front of the Specimen Card The Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV 104) was the fourth of the five space shuttles used in space operations. It was also the final shuttle to be flown. During Atlantis' tenure, the craft was instrumental in sending planetary probes to Venus and Jupiter and adding modules to the ISS. This specimen is a piece of a mission flown insulation blanket, which was part of Atlantis' Thermal Control System. The TCS helped the ship