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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.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin USSR Type EQUIPMENT-Design, Manufacture, Test Dimensions 3-D: 17.1 x 1.1 x 0.2cm (6 3/4 x 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
 Materials copper
 Inventory Number A19910089000 Credit Line Gift of Vladimir Dzhanibekov Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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