Buran-Energia

Here is some pictures of the rusting OK-2.01 shuttle. This shuttle was in assembling when the program was stopped in 1993. It should have some modifications in the cabin, in comparison of the model which flew.

Pictures I took at Tushino in April 2008:

Here is a presentation reporting about the Buran-Energia program and the OK-GLI test shuttle, which was broadcasted on russia television (Rossia chanel).

Another reportings here.

I done something I wanted to do for a long time that is displaying more pictures in the journey pages. But I didn’t want the text to be lost into too many pictures.

So I choose to put a slideshow of additional pictures. For now I only did the Baikonur journey, but the one at Cap canaveral will arrive soon.

Update of February 26:
I just published the others slideshows about the journey to Cap canaveral.

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Of course those are not real pictures of the Buran’s lift off and landing, but they are really well made.

The others are here.

Here is some pictures shoot by a visitor at the Paris air show (Le Bourget) in 1989. It was the first time that Buran was shown in public and the first time she went outside the USSR. The Antonov 255 flew from Baikonur to Paris by Moscow. It flew without escort except from the French border where it was escorted by Mirages planes.

Thanks to Patrick Amand for the pictures.

Other pictures in the gallery.

I published a complet part about the carrier plane VM-T Atlant.

This plane was made by the Myasishchev design office to carry the tanks of the Energia launch vehicule and the Buran shuttles from Moscow to Baikonur.