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Above: A fossilized Hyracodon skeleton in the Los Angeles Natural History Museum (Source: Dawn Pedersen/Flickr)

This specimen is a piece of a mission-flown insulation blanket

Space Shuttle Atlantis - Flown Thermal Blanket dawnredwood glass-topped riker box case measuringAbove: 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