One Hit Wonder The Buran did fly in space – just once, in November 1988, not long before the Soviet Union collapsed. Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch ...

Space Race Shadows: The Untold Story of Russia’s Buran Space Shuttle Summary: Despite the clear parallels between the American and Soviet designs, including the external similarities and the ...

Ekaterinburg’s aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union’s Buran space shuttle programme, six months after the vehicle’s ...

America's efforts in designing a reusable spacecraft ended with the creation of the Space Shuttle, an aircraft-like machine that launched on a rocket, maneuvered using its own engines, and then ...