Buran
From The Space Library
 The Buran analog was equipped with four engines permitting its take-off from the aerodrome strip. |
 Mating the Buran to the Energia launch vehicle. |
 Installing the Energia – Buran system onto the transport-erecting assembly. |
 Transportation of the Energia – Buran system to the launching complex. |
 The Energia – Buran system erected on the launcher. The lifting device of the transport-erecting assembly is now vertical. |
 The Energia – Buran system on the launch pad. |
 First launch of the Energia – Buran system took place at 6:00 Moscow time on November 15, 1988. |
 The Buran approach and landing on the cosmodrome’s airfield runway after two-orbit orbital flight. |
 Buran Shuttle after first flight |
