Like NASA’s space shuttle, Buran had its predecessors ... One analog, used for atmospheric and landing tests, was outfitted with turbojet engines that enabled it to take off from a runway.

the Buran’s second flight was formally cancelled. The American space shuttle is commonly regarded as the most sophisticated man-made machine ever built. The Buran was similarly complicated ...

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 ...

He recalled that the Energia rocket and Buran space shuttle were the largest-ever program in the history of national space rocket industry. By 1985 its financing had reached 1.3 billion rubles.