Space Shuttle Columbia - SOLD 2.713" Flown Nose Landing Gear Tire Section mm3 "We need to start thinking

"We need to start thinking of dinosaurs as not just brutes and not just monsters

the fortress was one of Tepes's favorite haunts

Astronomers have determined that much of the mass needed to form a planet in the Asteroid Belt was ejected by early interactions with Jupiter

the Xiphactinus was the alpha predator of the Late Cretaceous

the largest collection of living species on the planet

Space Shuttle Columbia - SOLD 2.713" Flown Nose Landing Gear Tire Section mm3 "We need to start thinkingThis specimen is a 2. 713" mission flown nose landing gear tire fragment from the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV 102). Serial number verification against public information indicates the tire was removed from service after Columbia's 13th mission (STS 52). A certificate of authenticity and informational photocard is included with this item. Note: This specimen was acquired at auction after decommissioning. The original scrap tags and documentation remain