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 ...

On the morning of November 15, 1988, a Soviet spacecraft named Buran lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, circled the Earth twice, and ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. space scientists, frustrated by delays caused by the explosion of the shuttle Challenger, have increasingly pinned their hopes on joint experiments with a thriving Soviet space program ...

Ekaterinburg’s aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union’s Buran space shuttle programme, six months after the vehicle’s arrival.

NASA's iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the best things America has made thanks to its sleek looks, its use in the launch of the International Space Station and its contribution to our ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...

Interesting Shit's Bob Thissen risked life, limb & his freedom to show us the heavily guarded remains of the Soviet space shuttle program. Iran declares peace deal with Trump no longer feasible ...

The Buran meaning “snowstorm” in Russian was the Soviet Union’s response to NASA's space shuttle program. Once again, a representative of Trump causes a diplomatic incident Operation Sunray: ...

Click to open image viewer. This NASA pin was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. The pin depicts the emblem of the Shuttle-Mir program, a collaboration between the American and Russian space programs.