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The sign accompanying the Gemini heatshield samples.

It reads

Artifact Information

Unablated Heatshield Sample, Gemini

Unused sample, ablated material, fiberglass base saturated with resin
United States, 1962
On Loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
A20010323004

Heatshield Sample, Gemini 8

Ablated material, fiberglass base saturated with resin
United States, 1966
On Loan from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
A19680580003

Gemini 8 is displayed, without a heatshield, at Neil Armstrong Air & Space.

Although the unablated sample is described as Smithsonian inventory #A20010323004, it does not appear to be present in their online collections catalog; however, they do have information regarding a similar sample.