Explore the remarkable story of Buran, the Soviet Union’s secret space shuttle that stunned the world with its fully automated launch and landing capabilities, outclassing NASA’s iconic Space ...

A SOVIET space rocket has been left to rot near a desert in an abandoned ship graveyard. The rusting 2,650-ton Energia M rocket was once envisioned as the USSR’s lethal weapon that could take… ...

The Soviet Union attempted to build its own reusable space shuttle system with Buran (the shuttle) and Energia (the launch vehicle) during the 1980s. Buran only carried out one flight, while ...

A Soviet space rocket has been left to rot in an abandoned industrial graveyard The rusting 2,650 tonne Energia M rocket was once envisioned as the USSR's answer to Nasa's space program But the ...

The Soviets worked on the Energia Vulkan for about a decade, but the project was eventually scrapped in the 1990s when the Soviet Union fell, and funding abruptly disappeared. That means the ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft is set to reenter Earth's atmosphere after over 50 years, returning this week from its failed mission to Venus. NASA said on May 5 that Cosmos 482 will return to Earth ...

Part of a Soviet-era spacecraft known as Cosmos 482 may return to Earth this week, more than 50 years after it embarked on a botched mission to Venus. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Kosmos 482 was launched by the then-Soviet Union in 1972 as part of a series of missions bound for Venus. But this one never made it out of orbit around Earth, stranded there by a rocket malfunction.