Buran (spacecraft)
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Buran (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], meaning "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard"; GRAU index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program. Buran completed one uncrewed spaceflight in 1988, and was destroyed in 2002 due to the collapse of its storage hangar.[3] The Buran-class orbiters used the expendable Energia rocket, a class of super heavy-lift launch vehicle. Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the entire Soviet/Russian spaceplane project and its flight articles, which were known as "Buran-class orbiters".
Буран | |
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Type | Buran-class orbiter |
Construction number | 1.01 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Named after | Russian for "Snowstorm"[1] or "Blizzard" |
Status | Destroyed 12 May 2002; 21 years ago (2002-05-12)[2] |
First flight | 15 November 1988; 35 years ago (1988-11-15)[1] |
No. of missions | 1[1] |
Crew members | 0[1] |
No. of orbits | 2[1] |