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The origins and evolution of the energiya rocket family. Unlike the us shuttle, the soviet buran orbiter would be just one payload of a heavylift launch vehicle that could be adapted. The buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the soviet union in response to nasas space shuttle program. The quest to get photos of the ussrs first space shuttle wired. The soviet reusable spacecraft programme has its roots in the very. Read pdf energiya buran the soviet space shuttle ebooks.
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