Buran was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme. Besides describing the first operational Soviet/Russian shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the entire Soviet/Russian spaceplane project and its orbiters, which were known as "Buran-class orbiters".
Launch date: 15 November 1988, 3:00 am GMT Status: Destroyed; 12 May 2002; 19 years ago First flight: 15 November 1988; 33 years ago 1971–1993 Named after: Russian for "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard" Crew members: 0 Construction number: 1.01 No. of missions: 1
