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 ...

What happens when space programs are left to die? In the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, the Buran reusable spacecraft program was canceled, leaving the launchpads and equipment to decay. The ...

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A ROTTING pair of Russian space rockets have been left gathering dust for 30 years inside an eerie abandoned warehouse. The giant £189million shuttles failed to ever make it into orbit leaving the ...

Why were Buran flights called off after its triumphant launch, and will we ever see a Russian space shuttle take to the skies? The Buran’s flight, which lasted 205 minutes, was a total sensation. The ...

In 1976, the Soviet Union began development of the Buran orbiter. Concerned that the American space shuttle program might be used for military purposes, the Soviets responded with Buran and its ...

It was the Soviet response to the space shuttle, designed to take the Cold War into space. But after just one flight, it was mothballed. Now, the ruins of what was called the Buran program are left to ...

As graveyards go, the sprawling, run-down Molniya factory complex on the outskirts of Moscow is about as ignoble as they come. Yet it is here, amid piles of uncollected garbage and rusting, twisted ...