Country of Origin: USSR
Dimensions:
3-D Test: 17.1 x 1.1 x 0.2cm (6 3/4 x 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Materials:
copper
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.
Gift of Vladimir Dzhanibekov
