Built during the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Buran shuttle was designed to rival NASA’s Space Transportation System and surpass it in one critical way: it could fly and land entirely on its own ...

The Buran meaning “snowstorm” in Russian was the Soviet Union’s response to NASA's space shuttle program. Once again, a representative of Trump causes a diplomatic incident Operation Sunray: ...

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...