The Buran meaning “snowstorm” in Russian was the Soviet Union’s response to NASA's space shuttle program.

But when the Soviet Union collapsed, the Buran program was put on hold, and in 1993, the Buran’s second flight was formally cancelled. The American space shuttle is commonly regarded as the most ...

The US Space Shuttle program is dead and buried. The orbiters can now be found in their permanent homes in the Air and Space Museum, Kennedy Space Center, and the California Science Center.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Buran program, which once involved the hard work of so many talented individuals and so much of the USSR’s treasure, is now a footnote... Here’s What You ...

Four astronauts will blast off from the Kennedy Space Center, kicking off the return process for two astronauts who've been ...

Feb 28 (Reuters) - A Russian booster rocket placed the Progress MS-30 spacecraft in Earth orbit early on Friday, sending it on its way to the International Space Station with a cargo of equipment ...