| 31. | The USSR copied the reusable Space Shuttle orbiter, which it called " Buran ".
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| 32. | Ultimately, Buran did fly the following summer and a few months before Glushko's death.
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| 33. | The Soviet Buran shuttle was also remotely controlled during its entire maiden flight without a crew aboard.
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| 34. | Since the conclusion of Buran flights, the Mriya has remained in service as a heavy transport.
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| 35. | However, the work carried out would lead to the Buran, and Burya ramjet cruise missiles.
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| 36. | Remember the Russian Buran space shuttle did it's one and only flight entirely under automation.
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| 37. | The materials necessary to build the heat-shield were only developed in 1980s for Buran programme.
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| 38. | Similar in appearance to NASA's shuttle, Buran was unmanned and was operated by remote control.
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| 39. | The only Buran to ever fly into space was trapped beneath the debris, Russian news reports said.
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| 40. | Lack of funding, complicated by the dissolution of the USSR, prevented any further flights of Buran.
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