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Article: Wisconsin Dells To Dock With Mir: Russian Space Station A Wisconsin Attraction
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- March 6, 1997
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WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- An agreement in principle has been reached by Tommy Bartlett, Inc. to acquire a Russian Mir space station core module and relocate it to Wisconsin Dells, it was announced here today by Tom Diehl, president of Tommy Bartlett, Inc. Former U.S. astronaut Dr. Norman E. Thagard, the first American to travel with Russian cosmonauts and live on the Mir, also participated in the announcement.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Mir space station module along with a cosmonaut suit and a replica of Sputnik 1 will become the core of a new permanent interactive educational exhibit at Tommy ...