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 ...

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 ...

The Buran shuttle had fallen behind schedule, and wouldn't be ready in time for the planned first launch of the Energia rocket in 1986. The rocket's designers were considering launching a dummy ...

The precursor is called the RLV-LEX – the Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing EXperiment – and resembles NASA's retired space shuttle, Russia's Buran reusable vehicle, and the US Air Force's X-37B ...

As a result, the enterprise has the chance to continue its activities and launch work ... The space shuttle performed a crewless flight that lasted 205 minutes. The Buran was the first spacecraft ...