Buran News

I have just added a new chapter to the site which speak about the available documentation on the project Buran-Energia. I begin with the publication of a work grouping together the technical documentation of the NPO Molniya company (master builder). Very complete work on the Buran shuttle and the MAKS shuttle.

Here is some unsorted pictures of the Baikonur’s facility, production machines, Buran’s test chamber (oven to test the Buran’s heat chield), and a Buran’s period scheme.

Here are some pictures of the Energia’s first stage, in the Baikonur’s workshop:

I added them in the Energia’s pictures section.

The Antonov 225 Mriya landed at Hosea Kutako international airport (outside the Namibie’s capital city, Windhoek) on Wednesday 10 during the night. Hundreds of people came to catch a glimpse of the world’s biggest plane.

The Mriya landed at Hosea Kutako with 112 tons of freight which consisted of ship reels, wire and other nautical equipment.

I published a page about the Buran’s motor unit. It is constitued by the main engines, at the rear, and by the gas precision steering system.

The Mriya landed today at the Cologne’s airport in Germany (CGN) to load cables and freight to Windhoek (Namibia’s capital city).

I published a new page about the mechanism of the Buran’s onboard computer and a little introduction on the onboard computers on the soviets spaceships.