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The Soviet's Buran Space Shuttle Was a True One-Hit Wonder
the Buran’s second flight was formally cancelled. The American space shuttle is commonly regarded as the most sophisticated man-made machine ever built. The Buran was similarly complicated ...
Top secret US spaceship returns to Earth after 434 days on mysterious mission… and is met by hazmat-clad ground crew
A TOP secret US spaceship has touched down on Earth after spending 434 days in orbit. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 landed at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California where it was met by ...
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Stolen Tech: The Soviet Shuttle
While the design of the Soviet shuttle was taken directly from documents produced in the mid 1970s, it’s not quite right to say the Soviet version was stolen. Buran, and her incomplete sister ...
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Russia's secret space shuttles have been sitting in plain sight for 22 years
On his blog, Mirebs asks "Why spend billions on ... space, if it does not bring profit for the foreseeable future?" Much of Mireb's photography documents Russia's industrial decline after the ...