The Buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the Soviet Union in response to NASA's space shuttle program. Buran, which means “snowstorm” in Russian, flew one time.

This was how the An-225 Mriya came to be — as the transportation for the Buran shuttle orbiter and parts of the Energia ...

The Buran program was cancelled two years later, having launched only a single uncrewed test flight in 1988. After sitting in storage for several years, the AN-225 was restored to flight as a ...

The first Buran shuttle made just a single, unpiloted flight to orbit in 1988. However, this vehicle was destroyed in 2002 after the roof of the hangar where it was stored at the Baikonur ...

The Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle program stands as one of the saddest episodes in aerospace history. ... The Buran orbiter that made the initial three-hour flight was destroyed in 2002, ...

Mated to the booster was the Buran space shuttle orbiter, ready for its maiden flight. ... Buran was destroyed in 2002 when the hangar housing it collapsed.

The Destroyed Antonov An-225 Must Be Rebuilt, Here's Why. Published: 1 Mar 2022, 22:12 UTC • By: Benny Kirk. 10 photos. ... So too was its promising Buran Shuttle program, ...

Buran itself was destroyed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2002 when the hangar housing it collapsed. Another shuttle is also located at Baikonur, and a third rests at Zhukovsky Air Base near Moscow.

Despite those objections, the Soviet government committed extensive resources to the program. At its peak, Buran involved more than 150,000 engineers, scientists, technicians, and other employees ...

Buran itself was destroyed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2002 when the hangar housing it collapsed. Another shuttle is also located at Baikonur, and a third rests at Zhukovsky Air Base near Moscow.

It's been just over two years since Nasa mothballed the Space Shuttle, but did you know that the Soviet Union built an almost identical shuttle known as Buran? It was primarily for defence ...

This was how the An-225 Mriya came to be — as the transportation for the Buran shuttle orbiter and parts of the Energia rocket designed to put the Buran into orbit.