The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new ...

It was 1986, and the Cold War was still as icy as ever. The Iron Curtain was drawn; the US was busy illegally selling arms to ...

NASA's Space Shuttle programme officially ended in 2011, after 30 years of service. The final mission, STS-135, was flown by ...

Russian soldiers who served in the military campaign in Ukraine taking part this month in a parade in Moscow celebrating Victory Day, the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

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 ...

The Buran meaning “snowstorm” in Russian was the Soviet Union’s response to NASA's space shuttle program. Trump orders all federal DEI employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday Does ...

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The Soviet program had the benefit of American shuttle blueprints obtained by the KGB. At its peak, more than 150,0000 engineers, scientists and others worked on the Buran project.

US News Stunning images of Russia’s forgotten space program By Alex Mead Published Nov. 24, 2021, 9:43 a.m. ET ...