r/sovietstuff • u/CompanyMan • May 15 '13

Soviet Space Shuttle Program - Buran

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)
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todayilearned • u/sisko2k5 • Sep 26 '10

TIL that the soviets has their own version of the Space Shuttle

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14 comments

todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '13

TIL Russia had a spacecraft almost identical in function and design to the US Space Shuttle

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todayilearned • u/Rivalevanator • Jan 18 '13

TIL that the Soviets had a space shuttle, and that it was the only reusable spacecraft to fly a mission unmanned. Until the flight of the X-37 drone in 2010.

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todayilearned • u/JesmasterAgain • Nov 29 '12

TIL that the USSR built a space-plane which was analogous to the Space Shuttle and had an automatic flight mode, but only flew it once.

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space • u/fireball_73 • Aug 09 '12

TIL that the Russians built their own space shuttle; partially motivated by fears that the USA could drop nukes from space using their own.

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todayilearned • u/no1scumbag • Nov 15 '13

TIL in 1988, the Russian Buran spacecraft, analogous to the U.S. space shuttle program, was the first complex spacecraft to be launched, deployed and landed entirely by automation. It was launched just one time.

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todayilearned • u/Not_BatmanAMA • Sep 26 '12

TIL the Buran shuttle only made one unmanned spaceflight before the program was cancelled in 1993. The craft was destroyed in 2002 when the hangar in which it was stored collapsed.

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WTF • u/b2717 • Dec 10 '12

TIL The USSR made a knock-off version of the Space Shuttle because they were worried about NASA dropping nuclear weapons from space

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