The Buran spacecraft was a space shuttle developed by the Soviet Union in response to NASA's space shuttle program. It flew one time.

One Hit Wonder The Buran did fly in space – just once, in November 1988, not long before the Soviet Union collapsed. Its lone mission was uncrewed.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Buran program was judged a success and would likely have continued had the Cold War carried on. Unfortunately, it suffered from poor timing: the Soviet Union ...

A full-size mockup of a Soviet Buran space shuttle is departing Moscow for an exhibition center opening at the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Last week, Russian photographer Ralph Mirebs posted an album of the Soviet shuttle languishing in a hangar. This is why the program never took off.

The space shuttle program is history now, but its iconic names still stir memories of spaceflight adventure: Enterprise, Challenger, Buran. Wait, Buran?

In the second half of a series on the Soviet space shuttle, NBC News' Robert Windrem retraces how the Reagan administration responded to the espionage case.

The Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle program stands as one of the saddest episodes in aerospace history. After NASA began working on its space shuttle program in the early 1970s, the Soviet ...

Why were Buran flights called off after its triumphant launch, and will we ever see a Russian space shuttle take to the skies?

The Buran did fly in space – just once, in November 1988, not long before the Soviet Union collapsed. Its lone mission was uncrewed. The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, rode on an ...