MotoArt Releases Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster PlaneTags

MotoArt PlaneTags is giving collectors a chance to own a small piece of Space Shuttle history.

The company released two limited-edition PlaneTags collections on July 9, 2026, made from authentic Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster hardware. The release includes material from Aft Skirt Serial Number 13, which is now part of the California Science Center’s future Solid Rocket Booster Walk-Through Experience.

The first release is the SRB Aft Skirt Collectors Edition. It is made from Aft Skirt Serial Number 13 and is limited to 2,000 individually numbered pieces. The second release is the SRB Hold-Down Post PlaneTags collection, made from authentic aft skirt hold-down post material and limited to 4,000 individually numbered pieces.

The material comes from the Space Shuttle launch system. According to California Science Center records cited in the release, Aft Skirt Serial Number 13 supported 11 Space Shuttle missions involving Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour between 1982 and 2002.

MotoArt became involved with the project while working at Pinal Airpark to process Korean Air Boeing 747-400 HL7489, which will become the centerpiece of the future Korean Air Aviation Gallery in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. Months later, the California Science Center contacted MotoArt for help preparing Aft Skirt Serial Number 13 after the cutting required for the artifact proved too difficult for other contractors.

The preparation became one of MotoArt’s most technically demanding projects. Portions of the aft skirt, including the hold-down post, were up to six inches thick and required several days of precision cutting before the artifact was ready for permanent museum display. Under an agreement with the California Science Center, material removed during that process was preserved and later turned into the limited PlaneTags collection.

Dave Hall, founder of MotoArt and PlaneTags, said the company has spent more than 25 years preserving aviation history and called the opportunity rare. He said helping prepare a genuine piece of the Space Shuttle program for its next chapter at the California Science Center was an honor for the team.

The collection is currently available at PlaneTags.com.

MotoArt PlaneTags was founded in 2001 and turns authentic retired aircraft and aerospace artifacts into functional art and collectible keepsakes. The Torrance, California company said it has created PlaneTags from hundreds of historic aircraft and aerospace artifacts from around the world.