Mir space station re-launched from Lucerne
Lucerne's Transport Museum is taking the film "Mission to MIR" out of mothballs, in response to strong public interest in the Russian space station, which plummeted to a watery grave in the Pacific last month.
The film will be shown every Friday and Saturday evening throughout April in the museum’s IMAX theatre. The film presents life as it was for the cosmonauts on board MIR, as well as the Cold War struggle for space supremacy.
A Russian-made scale model of the space station is part of the museum’s permanent collection, as well as a replica of a MIR space suit.
The space exhibition also boasts what it says is an original and very rare MIR object, which returned from space in one piece – a sleeping bag.
The museum also showcases the history of road, rail and water transport in Switzerland – about 50 historic train locomotives and carriages are on display, and the development of cable cars which opened the Alps to mass tourism.
A helium-filled balloon anchored to the site gives visitors a bird’s eye view of Lucerne and its picturesque lake setting.
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