Buran

The Buran spacecraft (Buran, "snowstorm" or "blizzard"), serial number 11F35 K1, was the only fully completed and operational space shuttle from the Soviet Union's Buran program. It had only one (unmanned) spaceflight, in 1988, before the program was cancelled in 1993.
Like its American counterpart, the Buran, when in transit from its landing sites back to the launch complex, was transported on the back of a large jet airplane. It was piggy-backed on the Soviet Antonov An-225 aircraft, which was designed for this task and remains the largest powered aircraft in the world.

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F. Feedback says..

Those are modified Al-31 engines, the same ones are used on the Su-27.

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dimitris says..

Russian Technology!!!

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Maxim says..

it can take off on it's own?

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M. Mihovilović says..

Outstanding I persume that it shakes all of your internal organes when it flies even 1-2km away

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Thorbjörn says..

Cool! But I´m more interested in the Mirya. (spelling?) :-)

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Keith W E says..

sweet you dont see to much space stuff on this sight.

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LIONEL BOCQUET says..

rare and interresting video

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nt says..

Rare video about Buran

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F. Feedback says..

Only 1 trip to space, 2 orbits. It navigated the whole journey without help from outside (it used beacons for landing though), landed nicely, very robotic.

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