Why Did the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran Fly Only Once?
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By Loukas Bafatakis, Mechanical Engineer, NTUA. On November 15, 1988, the superheavy rocket carrier Energia took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the Soviet space shuttle on its back. There were no cosmonauts inside it. Buran made two orbits around the Earth, re-entered the atmosphere and landed automatically at the Yubileiny airport, despite the […] The article Energia-Buran: the Soviet space system that flew when it was already too la…
Why Did the Soviet Space Shuttle Buran Fly Only Once?
Buran completed its only orbital flight on November 15, 1988. The Soviet spaceplane launched without a crew, circled Earth twice, and landed automatically. That single mission demonstrated an extraordinary amount of coordinated work, from launch integration to atmospheric return. It did not establish a continuing transportation service, and no later Buran orbital mission followed.
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