Object Details
Summary
This copper bar, about the size of a Popsicle stick, was created on board the Soviet Mir space station as part of research on the benefits of microgravity in developing ultra-pure materials. The bar bears the inscription "cosmos (space) for the world" and a drawing of Soviet Buran space shuttle.
Cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov donated this bar to the National Air and Space Museum in 1991.
Credit Line
Gift of Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Inventory Number
A19910089000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
EQUIPMENT-Design, Manufacture, Test
Materials
copper
Dimensions
3-D: 17.1 x 1.1 x 0.2cm (6 3/4 x 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Country of Origin
USSR
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Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19910089000