If you read my previous articles or are generally interested in the Buran program you may already know what OK-GLI was. A 1:1 Scale model of the Buran glider equipped with jet fengines and an actual flight crew. However I am pretty sure this article will feature some detail you may not have known. The […]
Read more "OK-GLI… a test article and a journey"My first detailed article on a flying machine developed for the Buran program is about the mighty rocket that was made to carry the orbiter – the Energija In the mid 1970ies USSR was under pressure. Their moon program was canceled, the space race was lost and USA just had announced the next big thing […]
Read more "Heavy Lifting – The Energija Rocket"After an overview on how it was decided to built a reusable space transportation system in my previous article I will now have a closer look at the actual development of the orbiter and the integration of the Energija Rocket System. So we are back in 1976. America was working on the STS system and […]
Read more "Road to Buran part II"
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