Irregular shaped piece of honeycomb heatshield; two flat sides and one curved; ablated grey and black upper surface, white center section and brown lower section; flat back.
The base is Resin-impregnated fiberglass and the honeycomb filling is Dow-Corning DC-325 ablative material.
Created by
Daniel Soñé
Date Created
11/21/2023
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Gemini Program; Human Spaceflight; Missions; Space
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