Price: US$ 130-140 Each

• Also see Space Shuttle flight deck window shade retainers with labels.

• Window shade retainer for the forward flight deck windows of the Space Shuttle as used in the early flights.
• Obvious signs of use. Same as the flight items but presumed to be from a trainer and not flown.
• Consists of a hinged assembly with a web fabric pull tab, edging, and Velcro.
• Retaining feature used Velcro hook and pile strips with adhesive backing. But adhesive has failed over time, with the Velcro strips now mated. (The Velcro strips on No. 3 have come off. Others will eventually come off as well.)

• These items came from the Charles Bell estate. Bell was a NASA employee at the Kennedy Space Center and a lifelong collector of space artifacts.