Lockheed Martin has published a surprising list of all the stuff that flew to space in the first Orion test. You are looking at one of the items: A Tyrannosaurus Rex’s tooth fossil sent by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Here’s another one: A Cookie Monster’s cookie and Ernie’s original rubber duckie.
More items:
An oxygen hose from an Apollo lunar extra-vehicular activity suit representing humanity’s first ventures to other planetary objects
A small lunar soil sample retrieved by the Apollo 11 crew on July 21, 1969.
The Museum’s own flag first flown on the space shuttle orbiter Discovery in 1984 representing the era of living and working in space
And a futuristic sculpture awarded by the Museum as a trophy for current and lifetime achievements in aerospace representing innovation and excellence
Actress Claudia Wells’ “Back to the Future” autographed photos and Delorean model that are packed on Orion for EFT-1.
William Shatner’s Orion ticket and a Kirk figurine donated by the actor.
* That we know of. Maybe some dinosaurs were smart and left the planet in spaceships before the asteroid hit.
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