Moscow Planetarium Mired in Dispute

By STEVE GUTTERMAN, Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

A guard locks the gates of Moscow Planetarium on the Garden Ring road of the Russian capital, in this March 26, 2008 file photo. Opened in 1929 the futuristic silver-domed building has been closed for repairs since 1994. Plans to reopen the landmark structure, shut shortly after the Soviet collapse, are mired in a years-long struggle for control over an institution situated on one of the pricier patches of real estate on planet Earth. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

(AP) -- For decades, Soviet schoolchildren flocked to the Moscow Planetarium to gaze at the stars. Now plans to reopen the landmark silver-domed structure, shut for repairs 14 years ago, are mired in a struggle for control of an institution situated on a pricey patch of real estate.

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