Buran (spacecraft)

*Buran*
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	Stored in Baikonur Cosmodrome
First flight	15 November 1988
No. of missions	1
Crew members	0
No. of orbits	2

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. 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".

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Buran". NASA. 12 November 1997. Archived from the original on 4 August 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2006.

[nasa-1] "Buran". NASA. 12 November 1997. Archived from the original on 4 August 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2006.

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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"^[1] or "Blizzard"
Status	Stored in Baikonur Cosmodrome
First flight	15 November 1988; 35 years ago (1988-11-15)^[1]
No. of missions	1^[1]
Crew members	0^[1]
No. of orbits	2^[1]