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Thermal Protection Tile Mission: STS-1 Columbia   Crew: John W. Young Robert L. Crippen Launch: April 12, 1981   Landing: April 14, 1981   Duration: 2 Days, 6 hours   Comment: Maiden flight of the Space Shuttle This segment of thermal protection tile is from one of the 148 that was damaged and removed from Columbia after STS-1 landed. This tile was presented to Harold H. Hill, a biomedical administrator at NASA Johnson Space Center, for his "steadfast support of the Space Shuttle program." back to Artifacts © 1999-2008 collectSPACE.com All rights reserved. Questions? E-mail contact@collectspace.com