Buran (Russian: Буран, IPA: [bʊˈran], lit. ' blizzard '; GRAU index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction number: 1.01) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program. The Buran orbiters were similar in design to the U.S. Space Shuttle. [3] .

The major difference is the rear of the shuttles, STS have 3 powerful engines SSME for the lift-off whereas Buran has no. This due to an important difference in the design process. Buran was only a payload of the Energia LV so its engines was only for the orbit trajectories.

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A test vehicle was constructed with four jet engines mounted at the rear; this vehicle is usually referred to as OK-GLI, or as the "Buran aerodynamic analogue". The jets were used to take off from a normal landing strip, and once it reached a designated point, the engines were cut and OK-GLI glided back to land.

The orbiter is made of nine main parts: the front fuselage with its upper and lower deck of the cabine for the crew. The wings, the central fuselage with the payload bay and the doors. The rear fuselage, the front steering system, the vertical stabilizer, the body flap, the rear steering system and the SSME engines.

Detailled site on the Buran space shuttle and its launcher Energia. Contains numerous photos, videos, explanatory, and schematics.

A partial rear view of the Soviet space shuttle Buran, on display at the 38th Paris International Air and Space at Le Bourget Airfield - DF-ST-90-07201

On the front and rear dividing wall, there are electrical panels which make it possible to control the various equipments of the shuttle. The entry trap door, which opens towards the interior, ensures the access to the livable section.

The rear part of the fuselage is 3.6 m length, a width of 5.5 m and a 6 m height shelters the equipment of the on-board systems, the hydrosystems and antennas (ОНА-II). On the external is fixed the drift (which is also used as air-brake), the pendulum shield and …

Detailled blueprints of the Buran shuttle with all its systems and on-board equipments.