Space Shuttle Discovery - Flown Payload Bay Liner iceage The necklaces are shipped within

The necklaces are shipped within a small anti-tarnish bag to protect the silver elements of the piece during storage and transport

This gem-quality material is agatized sauropod bone from the Morrison Formation of Utah

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Space Shuttle Discovery - Flown Payload Bay Liner iceage The necklaces are shipped withinAbove: Front of the Specimen Card With a career that spanned nearly three decades from 1984 to 2011, the Space Shuttle Discovery (OV 103) accrued more space flights than any other craft in the program. Discovery orbited the Earth 5,830 times, traveling approximately 150 million miles. This specimen is a fragment from a mission flown payload liner of the Discovery. Made of fire resistant beta cloth, this material covered insulation and kept the payload