#OLD RUSSIAN SPACE SHUTTLE WINDOWS#

A simple search on any internet browser would tell you this. If you go around back, eyeing the four seemingly out of place turbofans, you can get a look inside at some of the incredible nest of wiring this craft had. The Buran was the old Soviet space shuttle program. Balconies all around, and a walkway gets you right into the cargo bay, with a tantalizing glimpse into the cockpit. The museum has done an excellent job letting you get any view you want of this incredibly rare and historic spacecraft. Old Bulgarian Matchbox Sky Busters Buran Russian Space Shuttle Jet Rare HTF MOC About the seller Seller feedback (4,426) New Oops Looks like were having.

#OLD RUSSIAN SPACE SHUTTLE WINDOWS#

Picture shows the shattered space windows of. That Buran was destroyed when its hangar collapsed in 2002. The idea of Soviet reusable space flight is very old, though it was neither continuous, nor consistently organized. Indeed, when 36-year-old Russian photographer Ralph Mirebs discovered the derelict shuttles and rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome, he was touched by the sad end for these wonderful winged machines. On November 15, 1988, a Buran space shuttle made two circles around the Earth's orbit and landed at the Yubileiny airfield at Baikonur Cosmodrome. This Buran, OK-GLI, was a test vehicle, and could actually fly in atmosphere (as opposed to just glide).įew Burans were built, and only one ever made it to space, and then just on an unmanned test flight.

It even had several features the Shuttle either lacked or would only get in later years, like ejection seats for the whole crew and the ability to land by itself. This meant it was lighter and able to carry more payload to orbit. It's been gathering dust here for nearly 30 years. Instead of integral main engines, the Buran left the heavy lifting entirely to the massively powerful Energia rocket. A Soviet-era Buran shuttle lies abandoned in a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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