Buran definitions

Buran

1) Russian gale 2) Soviet invention
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[spacecraft] The Buran spacecraft (Бура́н, IPA, Snowstorm or Blizzard), GRAU index 11F35 K1 was a Soviet orbital vehicle analogous in function and design to the US Space Shuttle and developed by Chief Designer Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy of RKK Energia. Buran completed one unmanned spaceflight in 1988 and remains the only Soviet space shutt...
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Buran

[wind] The Buran (Turkish: Boran), is a wind which blows across eastern Asia, specifically Xinjiang, Siberia, and Kazakhstan. The Buran takes two forms: In summer, it is a hot, dry, wind, whipping up sandstorms; in winter, it is bitterly cold and often accompanied by blizzards. Buran winds are strong and full of ice and snow. The sky is oft...
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Buran

(from the article `space station`) It had been hoped to complete Mir within three years, use it for several years, and then start assembly of its successor by utilizing the Soviet ... In the 1980s the Soviet Union also developed a space shuttle, called Buran, and a very powerful rocket, called Energia, to launch it and other heavy ... ...
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Buran

Soviet reusable space shuttle similar in design to its American counterpart, but with two important differences: it could be flown automatically and it did not have reusable boosters. Piloted tests of Buran ('Snowstorm') fitted with ordinary jet engines were carried out extensively in the atmosphere...
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