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 ...

The Antonov An-225, the world’s largest plane, was built to transport the Buran space shuttle and support mid-air launches. Today, it’s a modern marvel in cargo aviation.

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 ...