Topps Heroes of Spaceflight Space Shuttle Flown Spacelab Wiring Relic Artifact a

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2009 Topps Heroes of Spaceflight Space Shuttle Flown Spacelab Wiring Relic Artifact
Subject: Space Shuttle Spacelab
Year: 2009
Manufacturer: Topps
Set: Heroes of Spaceflight
Card #: HSFR-SL
Contains Authentic Space-Flown Relic: Space Shuttle Flown Spacelab Wiring. Certification On Back Of Card.
Card Description: Authentic Space Flown Relic!! On the front of this card is an authentic piece of wiring from Spacelab .
Card Notes: Own A Piece Of History
Condition: Please see the actual card in the pictures.
Taken right out of the package and placed in a rigid card holder. Great Centering - Very Clean Edges and Corners!!!
Shipping & Handling Notes: Cards Will Be Shipped In Rigid Card Holder To Insure No Scratches Are Produced During Shipping
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by ESA and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier and other related hardware housed in the Shuttle's cargo bay. The components were arranged in various configurations to meet the needs of each spaceflight. Spacelab components flew on a total of 32 Shuttle missions. Spacelab allowed scientists to perform experiments in microgravity in earth orbit. There was a variety of Spacelab-associated hardware, so a distinction can be made between the major Spacelab program missions with European scientists running missions in the Spacelab habitable module, missions running other Spacelab hardware experiments, and other STS missions that used some component of Spacelab hardware. There is some variation in counts of Spacelab missions, in part because there were different types of Spacelab missions with a large range in the amount of Spacelab hardware flown and the nature of each mission. There were at least 22 major Spacelab missions between 1983 and 1998, and Spacelab hardware was used on a number other missions, with some of the Spacelab pallets being flown as late as 2008. In the early 1970s NASA shifted its focus from the Lunar missions to the Space Shuttle, and also space research. The NASA Administrator at the time moved the focus from a new space station to space laboratory for planned Space Shuttle. This would allow technologies for future space stations to be researched and harness the capabilities of the Space Shuttle for research.
Spacelab was produced by ESRO, a consortium of ten European countries including:
Austria Austria
Belgium Belgium
Denmark Denmark
France France
West Germany Germany
Italy Italy
Netherlands Netherlands
Spain Spain
Switzerland Switzerland
United Kingdom
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