The Buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the Soviet Union in response to NASA's space shuttle program. Buran, which means “snowstorm” in Russian, flew one time.

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 ...

The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations like automated flight and superior safety mechanisms. But after a single flight in 1988, the program was shelved.

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.

Footage of Buran’s 1988 automated landing. The development stage of the program wore on, and after considering a handful of different arrangements the Soviet shuttle design was frozen in June of ...

The Soviet shuttle Buran would make only one unmanned flight in 1988, although it did demonstrate automated landing capability no American shuttle ever had. Two sister ships of Buran were ...

Here's the story of the final Soviet shuttle's last ride. Dubbed the Buran, the Russian space craft was supposed to be safer, more nimble and could carry more cargo than the U.S. space shuttle.

A full-size mockup of a Soviet Buran space shuttle is departing Moscow for an exhibition center opening at the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

In the second half of a series on the Soviet space shuttle, ... Soviet officials had decided to put the Buran and Energia facilities on the old N-1 site of the failed moon program.

The Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle program stands as one of the saddest episodes in aerospace history. After NASA began working on its space shuttle program in the early 1970s, ...

In 2004, this company transferred the two Buran vehicles to RSE Infrakos, which in turn turned them over to the Russian-Kazakh company JSC KRISP Aelita. In 2011, Musa bought the company’s shares.

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 sequence, rode on an ...