Materials:

Copper

Plastic

Dimensions:

3-D (Copper Bar): 17.8 × 1.6 × 0.2cm (7 × 5/8 × 1/16 in.)

Storage: 24.1 × 6.4 × 2.5cm (9 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1 in.)

Type:

EQUIPMENT-Design, Manufacture, Test

Country of Origin:

USSR

Summary:

This copper bar is about the size of a Popsicle stick. It was rendered on board the Soviet space station Mir space station inside, 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.

Credit Line:

Gift of Vladimir Dzhanibekov

Inventory Number:

A19910094000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv95890911b-0c03-4907-9177-72c564bec88b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19910094000