Buran programme
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The Buran programme was a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project to develop the Energia-Buran system, officially known as the Reusable Space System "Buran", that formally began in 1976 a
The Antonov An-225 Mriya carrying Buran in 1989.
US artist's concept of a Soviet space shuttle approaching a manned space complex.
Igor Petrovich Volk, cosmonaut and test pilot of the OK-GLI.
The crew of Soyuz T-12 (Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Igor Volk) on a stamp issued in 1985
Energia (rocket)
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Energia was a 1980s super-heavy lift launch vehicle. It was designed by NPO Energia of the Soviet Union as part of the Buran program for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft. Control s
Buran programme
…completed one uncrewed spaceflight in 1988 and was the only Soviet reusable spacecraft to be launched into space. The Buran orbiters used the expendable Energia rocket as a launch vehicle. The Buran programme was started by the Soviet Union as a response to the United States Space Shuttle programme. The latter's…
Model of Energia-Buran (left) and Space Shuttle (right) in Hungary
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