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The Soviet's Buran Space Shuttle Was a True One-Hit Wonder
When people think of a space shuttle they think of the American ... Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, rode on an Energia rocket, and performed ...
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Why the Soviet Buran Only Launched Once – A Cold War Story
The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations ... car coming after all as report reveals plan to launch a stripped down Model Y 6 Mistakes To Avoid ...
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Stolen Tech: The Soviet Shuttle
The Soviet shuttle’s launch system – ‘Energia’ – looked ... it’s not quite right to say the Soviet version was stolen. Buran, and her incomplete sister ships were iterations on ...
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Russia's secret space shuttles have been sitting in plain sight for 22 years
On his blog, Mirebs asks "Why spend billions on ... space, if it does not bring profit for the foreseeable future?" Much of Mireb's photography documents Russia's industrial decline after the ...