Buran (spacecraft)
Buran (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], meaning "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard"; GRAU index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program. Buran completed one uncrewed spaceflight in 1988, and was destroyed in 2002 due to the collapse of its storage hangar. The Buran-class orbiters used the expendable Energia rocket, a class of super heavy-lift launch vehicle. Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the entire Soviet/Russian spaceplane project and its flight articles, which were known as "Buran-class orbiters".
| Буран | |
|---|---|
Buran on An-225 at the 1989 Paris Air Show | |
| Type | Buran-class orbiter |
| Construction number | 1.01 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Named after | Russian for "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard" |
| Status | Destroyed 12 May 2002 |
| First flight | 15 November 1988 |
| No. of missions | 1 |
| Crew members | 0 |
| No. of orbits | 2 |
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