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Buran: The Soviet Union’s Ambitious Answer to NASA’s Shuttle
The Buran spacecraft was the Soviet Union's response to NASA's Space Shuttle, developed during the peak of Cold War rivalry.
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Secrets of the Abandoned Soviet Buran Space Shuttles
Along the way, we unravel the incredible story of the Buran program, the Soviet response to NASA's Space Shuttle ... to make way for an industrial park, drawing a mix of emotions Russian cargo ...
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Kalashnikov gunmaker assigns Buran space shuttle producer to state firm
The Kalashnikov Group firearms manufacturer (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) has assigned the Molniya Research and Production Association that developed the Soviet Buran space shuttle ...
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Head of Soviet space shuttle program dies aged 89
a Soviet and Russian space engineer who headed the project to build the Buran space shuttle orbiter, has died at the age of 89, the Roscosmos state corporation said late on Thursday. "On October ...