On January 6, 1982, a bizarre beast rolled out on the runway at the top-secret Soviet flight research center in Zhukovsky, 25 miles southeast of Moscow. At first glance, this perplexing plane looked ...

Why was the Soviet shuttle's triumphant launch its first and last? And is there any hope that a Russian shuttle might at some point head for the stars? The Buran’s flight, which lasted 205 minutes, ...

A structural test article of the Soviet Buran space shuttle, on display in Moscow in 2017. WHEN VICTOR ZABOLOTSKY, A TEST PILOT WHO ONCE TRAINED TO FLY the Soviet Buran space shuttle, thinks back on ...

If you're an aviation fan, you've probably heard of the Antonov An-225 "Mriya." This jet was once the world's largest, powered by its six huge turbofan engines. However, the jet made the news in 2022 ...

We explored the abandoned Soviet Buran space shuttles deep inside a forgotten hangar from the Cold War era. Everything inside ...

The Soviet Union’s Antonov An-225 was designed to transport the Buran space shuttle. It still flies sporadically today – but a Chinese plan could give it a new lease of life. Tucked away in a small ...

MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. November 15, 2018 marks 30 years since the Buran reusable spacecraft performed its first and sole flight. The Buran was part of the Energia-Buran reusable space system. It ...

Antonov’s mighty An-225 Mriya is a legendary aircraft. It is the largest plane to ever enter service in the world, and only one has been completed to date, with the first aircraft entering service in ...

Scientists in the USSR had toyed with ideas of reusable spacecraft for decades. But the growth of the U.S. space shuttle program during the early 1970s ignited Soviet interest in producing a similar ...

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. Why were Buran flights called off after its triumphant launch, and will we ever see a Russian ...