He recalled that the Energia rocket and Buran space shuttle were the largest-ever program in the history of national space rocket industry. By 1985 its financing had reached 1.3 billion rubles.
The Space Shuttle was a product of the cold war ... The Soviet shuttle’s launch system – ‘Energia’ – looked similar, but could not have been more different. Instead of two strap-on ...
When people think of a space shuttle they think of the American version ... The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, ...