Built to rival NASA’s shuttle, the Buran flew just once—unmanned, flawless, and then never again. This is the story behind the USSR’s ambitious clone.

Deep within the Baikonur Cosmodrome lies a haunting sight—abandoned Soviet space shuttles, once symbols of Cold War ambition and cutting-edge engineering. This video explores the rise and fall of the ...

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor that legacy ...

The name was deliberately misleading—originally chosen to ... The centerpiece is the legendary Buran space shuttle. Visitors can explore the shuttle’s cargo hold, step into its airlock, and even take ...

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 ...

As the names suggest, the aim of the mission will ... Russian space agency Roscosmos named their space shuttle Buran. Besides the space docking manoeuvre, there is another key mission objective.

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China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong station supplied as the nation expands its space operations. The Haolong shuttle suspiciously shares the same white with black ...

It might also recall the Soviet Union’s ill-fated Buran space shuttle, which completed one ... “It’s too advanced to be shown.” Even the name of the spacecraft that landed back on Earth ...

Moscow had known for years that Washington had been tinkering with winged, reusable spacecraft. Designs such as the X-20 Dyna-Soar had tipped America’s hand. The Space Shuttle project was ...