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Russia’s Abandoned Rival To The Space Shuttle Is A Rusting Reminder Of The Race To Govern Space
NASA’s iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the ... into orbit but never made it off the ground. Abandoned - Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran Program) Since the mid 1990s, the two craft have ...
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The An-225: The World’s Largest Plane Built for Space Dreams
What happens when an aircraft is built to carry the future of Soviet space missions? The Antonov An-225, the world’s largest plane, was built to transport the Buran space shuttle and support mid-air ...
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Russian museum to restore surviving orbiter from Buran shuttle programme
Ekaterinburg's aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union ...
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Head of Soviet space shuttle program dies aged 89
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 corporation said late on Thursday. "On October ...