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The Soviet's Buran Space Shuttle Was a True 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 sequence, rode on an ...
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The Buran - Soviet Space Shuttle Copy
The Buran meaning “snowstorm” in Russian was the Soviet Union’s response to NASA's space shuttle program.
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Russian cargo ship docks at space station with science, spacesuit and supplies
Russia's Progress MS-30 (91P) spacecraft arrived at the ISS at 6:03 p.m. EST on Saturday (March 1).
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The reason why Russian cosmonauts wore yellow suits during their arrival at the Space Station
Just wow. Well done.” The reason why Russian cosmonauts wore yellow suits upon arrival at the International Space Station Space enthusiasts and observers were particularly interested in whether ...
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Russian cosmonauts: suits are not inspired by Ukrainian flag
WASHINGTON--When three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow flight suits with blue accents, some saw a message in them wearing the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
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Head of Soviet space shuttle program dies aged 89
MOSCOW, October 26. /TASS/. Vakhtang Vachnadze, a Soviet and Russian space engineer who headed the project to build the Buran space shuttle orbiter, has died at the age of 89, the Roscosmos state ...
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New super-heavy space rocket to be less costly to make than Energia to recreate
Transition to a three-stage pattern of the carrier rocket and rational use of oxygen-hydrogen fuel has allowed for slashing the costs of developing a new super-heavy rocket by 30% MOSCOW, May 17.