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Unlike the US Space Shuttle, which was propelled by a combination of solid boosters and the orbiter's own liquid-propellant engines fuelled from a large tank, the Soviet/Russian Energia launch system used thrust from each booster's RD-170 liquid oxygen/kerosene engine (each with four nozzles), developed by Valentin Glushko, and another four RD ...
21 kwi 2015 · The Buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the Soviet Union in response to NASA's space shuttle program. Buran, which means “snowstorm” in Russian, flew one time.
15 lis 2013 · This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sole launch of the Soviet space shuttle Buran. The idea of a reusable space plane has existed for decades among space enthusiasts and predated the idea of a rocket carrying humans into Earth orbit.
1 paź 2024 · Buran, Soviet orbiter similar in design and function to the U.S. space shuttle. Designed by the Energia aerospace bureau, it made a single unmanned, fully automated flight in 1988, only to be grounded shortly thereafter due to cost overruns and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
15 lis 2020 · Unlike the Space Shuttle, which was propelled by a combination of 2 solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and the Orbiter's own liquid propellant, Buran used only the thrust from the Energia. The spacecraft weighed 62 tons and had a maximum payload capacity of 30 tons for a total lift-off weight of 92 tons.
Buran, meaning “snowstorm” in Russian, was the Soviet Union’s response to the United States’ Space Shuttle program. Developed by the Soviet space agency, Buran represented a significant achievement in aerospace engineering and technology.
In Energiya-Buran: the Soviet Space Shuttle, the authors describe the long development path of the Soviet space shuttle system, consisting of the Energiya rocket and the Buran orbiter. The program eventually saw just one unmanned flight in November 1988 before the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union sealed its fate.
