Why were Buran flights called off after its triumphant launch, and will we ever see a Russian space shuttle take to the skies? The Buran’s flight, which lasted 205 minutes, was a total sensation. The ...

What happens when space programs are left to die? In the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, the Buran reusable spacecraft program was canceled, leaving the launchpads and equipment to decay. The ...

It was the Soviet response to the space shuttle, designed to take the Cold War into space. But after just one flight, it was mothballed. Now, the ruins of what was called the Buran program are left to ...

In 1976, the Soviet Union began development of the Buran orbiter. Concerned that the American space shuttle program might be used for military purposes, the Soviets responded with Buran and its ...

As graveyards go, the sprawling, run-down Molniya factory complex on the outskirts of Moscow is about as ignoble as they come. Yet it is here, amid piles of uncollected garbage and rusting, twisted ...

Why was the Soviet shuttle's triumphant launch its first and last? And is there any hope that a Russian shuttle might at some point head for the stars? The Buran’s flight, which lasted 205 minutes, ...