He recalled that the Energia rocket and Buran space shuttle were the largest-ever program in the history of national space rocket industry. By 1985 its financing had reached 1.3 billion rubles.

When people think of a space shuttle they think of the American version ... The Buran relied on an automated launch sequence, rode on an Energia rocket, and performed an automated, horizontal ...

The production capacities of our factory [the Energia Space Rocket Corporation ... NASA halted its crewed flights in 2011 after completing its Space Shuttle program. Since then, US astronauts ...