A Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft program developed as a response to the American Space Shuttle, authorized by a Central Committee and Council of Ministers decree on 17 February 1976 and managed by NPO Molniya under designer Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy. The Buran orbiter flew one successful uncrewed spaceflight in November 1988, launched atop the Energia rocket, before the program was cancelled in 1993 amid the Soviet Union's collapse and the loss of funding.
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Mission TypeReusable crewed spaceplane program 1 Launch DateDate of Buran orbiter 1K's only spaceflight; the program itself was authorized by decree in February 1976. OutcomeCancelled in 1993 after one successful uncrewed orbital flight in 1988; the Soviet collapse and lack of funding ended the program before a second orbiter could fly. 1 Mission Type
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which completed one uncrewed spaceflight in 1988 and was the only Soviet reusable spacecraft to be launched into space.
Buran Program (Wikipedia)
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The Buran programme (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], lit. 'Snowstorm' or 'Blizzard') was a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project to develop the Energia-Buran system, officially known as the Reusable Space System "Buran" (Многоразовая Космическая Система «Буран»), that formally began in 1976 and was suspended in 1993.
Wikipedia - Buran (spacecraft)
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Buran (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], lit. 'blizzard'; GRAU: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01, DoD: RAM-R) was the first flight orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme.
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Buran (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], lit. 'blizzard'; GRAU: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01, DoD: RAM-R) was the first flight orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme.
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