Progress on the Soviet shuttle "Buran" will not be wasted
On the difficulties of the reusable manned spacecraft Federation, whose launch is scheduled for 2023, we already told. It is created by RSC Energia named after Koroleva "and should replace the one-time manned spacecraft of the Soyuz series, and automatic cargo ships of the Progress series.
The Molniya NGO (Kalashnikov concern) is engaged in its thermal protection, in cooperation with a group of enterprises that previously developed thermal protection for the famous Soviet orbital reusable spacecraft Buran. The media was clarified by Olga Sokolova, who is the general director of the Molniya NGO.
In her opinion, the achievements gained during the work on the Burana ship did not disappear, but are widely used at present. For example, they will be applied to the promising “Federation” mentioned above. In the NGO "Lightning" did not break off relations with designers, developers and engineers of OJSC RSC Energia named after Koroleva ”,“ Myasishcheva ”EMZ, the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) and other organizations. Moreover, specialists from the Molniya NGO are currently working in these structures.
She made this statement on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Buran flight, which will be celebrated on November 15. The Buran was the first spacecraft in the world to make two turns around our planet, after which it landed at the Yubileiny aerodrome on Baikonur. It should be noted that "Buran" was in the Guinness Book of Records. His flight into space and his return to Earth, lasting 205 minutes, were carried out under the control of an on-board computer, i.e. It took place automatically without a crew.
The Molniya NGO (Kalashnikov concern) is engaged in its thermal protection, in cooperation with a group of enterprises that previously developed thermal protection for the famous Soviet orbital reusable spacecraft Buran. The media was clarified by Olga Sokolova, who is the general director of the Molniya NGO.
In her opinion, the achievements gained during the work on the Burana ship did not disappear, but are widely used at present. For example, they will be applied to the promising “Federation” mentioned above. In the NGO "Lightning" did not break off relations with designers, developers and engineers of OJSC RSC Energia named after Koroleva ”,“ Myasishcheva ”EMZ, the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI) and other organizations. Moreover, specialists from the Molniya NGO are currently working in these structures.
Ship "Federation"
She made this statement on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Buran flight, which will be celebrated on November 15. The Buran was the first spacecraft in the world to make two turns around our planet, after which it landed at the Yubileiny aerodrome on Baikonur. It should be noted that "Buran" was in the Guinness Book of Records. His flight into space and his return to Earth, lasting 205 minutes, were carried out under the control of an on-board computer, i.e. It took place automatically without a crew.
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