Unbeknownst to the world, as America launched its first Space Transportation system in 1981, Russia was in the middle of building its own space shuttle, the Buran, based on stolen blueprints and ...
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How the Soviets Copied NASA’s Space Shuttle
Take a deep dive into the story of the Buran, the Soviet Union’s strikingly familiar-looking space shuttle. Developed during the height of the Cold War, this ambitious program mirrored NASA’s Space ...
Ekaterinburg’s aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union’s Buran space shuttle programme, six months after the vehicle’s arrival.
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