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Under the Ruins of a Baikonur Hangar Since 2002 Sleeps the only Soviet Shuttle to Have Stolen

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There are relics that tell, on their own, the disproportionate ambition of an era. The Buran shuttle is part of it. This Soviet orbiter, the technological twin of the American shuttle, flew only once. Once, but what a time: two towers of the Earth, a millimetre landing, and not a single cosmonaut on board. [...] More
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There are relics that tell, on their own, the disproportionate ambition of an era. The Buran shuttle is part of it. This Soviet orbiter, the technological twin of the American shuttle, flew only once. Once, but what a time: two towers of the Earth, a millimetre landing, and not a single cosmonaut on board. [...] More

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SciencePost broke the news on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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