Most people don't know about THIS shuttle... [img]smile.gif[/img]

I remember seeing this in the 1980's and was like 'they stole our idea' ;)

Buran -- Russian for snowstorm -- is the name of the Russian shuttle that made one unmanned spaceflight in November 1988.

It circled Earth twice, landed automatically and since then has sat in storage at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On May 12 the vehicle was damaged by falling debris when portions of the roof of the building the Buran was in collapsed.

Several other copies of the Russian shuttle were built as part of a test program and through the years have all become known by the name Buran.

Of those, one Buran was turned into a space-themed restaurant at Gorky Park in Moscow and another was given a fresh coat of paint before going on display for more than a year in Sydney, Australia during the time of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.


http://www.space.com/images/buran_020509c_02.jpg

http://www.space.com/images/buran_020509b_02.jpg

[ 02-13-2003, 04:47 AM: Message edited by: Ziroc ]

z, it made one unmanned flight and sat in storage... click on the link for the rest ;) http://www.space.com/news/spacehisto...on_020509.html

Huh?

confused z... dont be.. the shuttle made one unmanned flight flew around the world and came home and then got stuck in storage and now russia wants to auction one of em off for 6 million....

re-read my post [img]smile.gif[/img]

i did boss ;) hehheh... me and u are on the same wave length i had too look this topic up... i remember seeing this when i was in high school...

Doesn't that shuttle look like it's plastic? :D

Brought back some memories, Do you remember the concordski that they built, that dissapeard without a trace too.

I believe the Concordski crashed during an Air Show... Paris I think. That was the end of the concordski program.