And you’d be forgiven for confusing the Buran shuttles (Russian for “snowstorm”) with say, America’s iconic Space Shuttle Enterprise, which is proudly displayed in a Manhattan museum. They have a good relationship, or at least appear to get along well, and Russia has shouldered the responsibility of getting NASA astronauts into space. To sign In the ‘70s and ‘80s, Russian KGB spies systematically stole NASA shuttle designs and smuggled them back to their motherland, as detailed in a 1997 NBC News investigation by journalist Robert Windrem. After completion of a transaction, we will send you personalized access information: Russia begins work on Multinational low Earth orbit modular space station. if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];} Russian - three person Earth orbital spacecraft; Chinese three person Earth orbital spacecraft. “The massive effort directed at the U.S. space shuttle program was among the first cases of Internet espionage, if not the first case,” Windrem wrote in ’97.
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But instead of building off a Soviet space plane they’d tested more than a decade earlier, Red military leaders thought it best to do what the Americans were doing — construct a hulking and pricey, all-purpose space truck. If you are a Zinio, Nook, Kindle, Apple, or Google Play subscriber, you can enter your website access code to gain subscriber access. Consider it a warm-up for the Star Wars premiere.
An artist's illustration of the Buran shuttle.
The Soviet Union wanted their own space shuttle — and eventually built something eerily reminiscent of NASA’s space shuttle. Your website access code is located in the upper right corner of the Table of Contents page of your digital edition. 3 марта на Международную космическую станцию прибыл корабль Crew Dragon. 28 crews. As of March 2020 there have been 12 successful uncrewed flights since 2015, with 11 successful rocket booster landings. Once American spy agencies got wise, they banded together to strike back.