What is Buran? Overview and History
Buran, also known as OK-TK5101, was a Soviet spaceplane project initiated in 1976 under the direction of Academician Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. The name “Buran” translates to “Snowstorm” or “Tempest” in English, fittingly capturing the magnitude and complexity of this ambitious undertaking. Design and Development Designed by OKB-52 (Design Bureau 52), headed by engineer Mikhail Mil’s son, Alexander Mil, Buran was part of a larger Soviet space buran.ca program aimed at developing reusable spacecraft capable of Read more