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The Soviet's Buran Space Shuttle Was a True One-Hit Wonder
When people think of a space shuttle they think of the American ... Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, rode on an Energia rocket, and performed ...
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Head of Soviet space shuttle program dies aged 89
Vakhtang Vachnadze, a Soviet and Russian space engineer who headed the project to build the Buran space shuttle orbiter ... range ballistic missiles and launch vehicles; first unmanned spacecraft ...