The Buran was the Soviet Union’s answer to NASA's Space Shuttle, featuring innovations like automated flight and superior safety mechanisms. But after a single flight in 1988, the program was shelved.

Michael Nelmes steps us through the Soviet space shuttle program. California Gov. Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million, alleging defamation How much would a $400,000 annuity pay monthly if ...

This is a white ceramic tile made for the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The Buran was a Soviet effort to replicate the American space shuttle program. The spacecraft had one voyage, without a crew in ...

Space Race Shadows: The Untold Story of Russia’s Buran Space Shuttle Summary: Despite the clear parallels between the American and Soviet designs, including the external similarities and the ...

Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.

A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian officials confirmed.

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.

Once the Soviet conglomerate Volga Buran _ which built the Soviet space shuttle _ has completed Odessa's hull and deck, the yacht will be brought to Tampa and stored while the ship is outfitted ...

The location of the crash landing is uncertain, leaving scientists and space watchers on the lookout.

A defunct Soviet probe designed to land on Venus will have an uncontrolled reentry this month and pieces of it may make it to Earth's surface.

Three fighters of the Buran detachment of the Russian army’s Volunteer Corps held back an attack by 22 Ukrainian military in the Korenevo district of the Kursk Region, thus letting their wounded ...

Russia Space Shuttle Russia’s Space Shuttle Failed for This One Reason Here’s What You Need to Know: The Soviet Union was in serious economic decline by the late 1980s.