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Why did the Soviet Union abandon the supreme Buran spacecraft project of America?
30 years ago, on November 15, 1988, the Soviet Union launched the first reusable spacecraft called Buran.
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Traces of the former Soviet Union's Buran space project
In the mid-1970s, the Soviet Union implemented the Buran program - a program in response to NASA's shuttle program at the time.
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The fate of the legendary Buran shuttle
In September 1988, the Soviet Union announced that the shuttles news about the shuttle could be used many times by them.
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Russia plans to revive super Soviet Energia missiles
On November 15, 1988, the Soviet Buran unmanned space shuttle flew into the sky, joining NASA's space shuttle system.