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Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Russian: Константин Эдуардович Циолковский, IPA: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɪdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ tsɨɐlˈkofskʲɪj] ⓘ; 17 September [O.S. 5 September] 1857 – 19 September 1935) [1] was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics.
Buran could return 20 tons from orbit, [91] [92] vs the Space Shuttle's 15 tons. Buran included a drag chute [93]; the Space Shuttle originally did not, but was later retrofitted to include one. The lift-to-drag ratio of Buran is cited as 5.6, [94] compared to a subsonic L/D of 4.5 for the Space Shuttle. [95]
The Buran-class orbiters used the expendable Energia rocket, a class of super heavy-lift launch vehicle. Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the entire Soviet/Russian spaceplane project and its flight articles, which were known as "Buran-class orbiters".
The goal of the project was the construction of the Bayterek ("poplar tree") space launch complex, to facilitate operations of the Russian Angara rocket launcher. [36] This was anticipated to allow launches with a payload of 26 tons to low Earth orbit , compared to 20 tons using the Proton system.
The Buran programme was an attempt by the Soviet Union to construct an orbital spaceplane to perform similar functions to the Space Shuttle. Similar to the Space Shuttle programme, an aerodynamic prototype and a number of operational spacecraft were planned for the Buran programme, [1] which were known as "Buran-class orbiters".
An “unexpected odor” is coming out of the Russian spacecraft that docked to the International Space Station last weekend.. NASA said Sunday that the unpiloted Progress 90 resupply mission had ...
Vladimir Sergeevich Syromyatnikov (January 7, 1933 - September 19, 2006) was a Russian engineer and designer in the former Soviet space program.His notable designs including the docking mechanisms for crewed spacecraft; it was his Androgynous Peripheral Attach System which, in the 1970s, linked the Soviet and American space capsules in the Apollo-Soyuz test flight.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for about an ...