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| Can Soviet space shuttle save NASA's ageing fleet? |
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The Soviet-era Buran space programme, mothballed 20 years ago, may be revived. With NASA about to retire its ageing fleet of space shuttles, there is a pressing need for viable space transport. Two decades ago the Soviet space shuttle Buran blasted off on its first and only orbital flight. Just a few years later, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the programme was shelved. The Buran was the Soviet Union's answer to NASAs space shuttle programme. On November 15, 1988, the shuttle was propelled out of the Earths atmosphere by the specially designed Energia booster rocket from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan. Pavel Sharov from Cosmonauts News Magazine explains the advantages the Soviets had over their rivals in the US The USSR surpassed the Americans in technology US shuttles can only be landed by humans, while the Buran lands automatically, Sharov said. Magomet Talboev was one of the pilots who test-flew the shuttle without going into orbit. He said the Soviet authorities had high hopes for the multi-billion dollar spacecraft. The Energia-Buran programme was started to get the capability to attack the United States, just like the shuttle was able to attack the USSR. We also wanted to take the Skylab space station from orbit. Buran was supposed to put it in its cargo bay and deliver it back to Earth for studies, Tolboev said. But the project was scrapped before these plans could be fulfilled. They sank aalong with the Soviet regime. The Energia-Buran became one of <b>...</b>
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| Russia celebrates 50 years since touching the moon |
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Ten years before the first man reached the moon, there was the first man-made object. September 2009 marks 50 years since a Soviet spacecraft touched-down on the lunar surface.
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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105 "Spiral" was a Soviet project to create an orbital spaceplane. It was originally conceived in response to the American X-20 Dyna-Soar military space project and may have been influenced by contemporary manned lifting body research being conducted by NASA's Flight Research Center in California. It was nicknamed "Lapot" Russian: лапоть, or best shoe (the word is also used as a slang for "shoe") for the shape of its nose.
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| Grand Explorations: Luna 2 - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator |
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Luna 2 (occasionally called Lunik 2 or Lunnik 2) was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched in the direction of the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon. Luna 2 was similar in design to Luna 1, a spherical spacecraft with protruding antennae and instrument parts. After launching on September 12, 1959, Luna 2 separated from its third stage, which travelled along with it towards the Moon. On September 13 the spacecraft released a bright orange cloud of sodium gas, which aided in spacecraft tracking and acted as an experiment on the behavior of gas in space. After 33.5 hours of flight, radio signals from Luna 2 abruptly ceased, indicating it had crashed upon the Moon. The impact point, in the Palus Putredinis region, is roughly estimated to have occurred at 0 degrees longitude, 29.1 degrees N latitude. Some 30 minutes after Luna 2, the third stage of its rocket also crashed upon the Moon.
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| Russian military space shuttle. Landing test. |
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Rare footage of top secret Soviet spacecraft MiG-105 EPOS. Filmed in 1977 or 1978. I'll write a description when I find time for that. You can also search for Project Spiral.
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| Luna 9 - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator |
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Luna 9 (occasionally called Lunik 9 or Lunnik 9) was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program. On February 3, 1966 the Luna 9 spacecraft was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data to Earth. For unknown reasons, the pictures from Luna 9 were not released immediately by the Soviet authorities. Instead, the Jodrell Bank Observatory, which was monitoring the craft, noticed that the signal format used was identical to the internationally-agreed system used by newspapers for transmitting pictures. The Daily Express rushed a suitable receiver to the Observatory and the pictures from Luna 9 were decoded and published world-wide.
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| C&C Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge Soviet Mission Breifing Six. |
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The Soviet forces found a spacecraft in Yuri's naval base. Romanov orders the general -you- to fly to the moon with that spacecraft and take care of traitor Yuri and his lunar base.
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| Buran Soviet Space Shuttle |
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Clip from my Aircraft Stories series about the soivet space shuttle Buran. Contains rare footage. PLEASE COMMENT, RATE AND SUBSCRIBE.
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| Exploring derelict space ship in rare Soviet-style SF film |
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Here's an amazing scene from an ultra-rare, kitschy, trippy, Soviet-style SF film, Ikarie XB 1 (aka Ikaria XB1, Icarus XB1 and Voyage to the End of the Universe). Czechoslovakia's first science fiction film, this remarkable 1963 movie tells the story of Starship Ikaria XB 1's 2163 trek to Alpha Centari. ("Voyage" was the savagely cut, English dubbed version released by American International Pictures.) The film is generally apolitical, except for this remarkable scene, in which the explorers enter a derelict 20th Century space craft, littered with evidence of capitalist immorality. The visuals are striking. Corpses of tuxedo-clad, gambling westerners, their bodies preserved by open vacuum. The crew killed by their own chemical hand-weapons as they fought over dwindling oxygen. The ship laden with nuclear weapons -- still active after centuries. Ikarie XB 1 is an ambitious, thoughtful, intelligent film that was decades ahead of its time. It's an ultra-rare "must-see" for any serious SF fan, with high-concept elements galore: a trip to proxima centaura; time dilation; future foods, fashion, music and dance; first-contact protocols; increased longevity; artificial intelligence; bulky socialist robots. It's said the screenplay was inspired by the work of Stanislaw Lem, including "The Magellanic Cloud" from 1955. Available as a PAL Region 2 DVD from European retailers, and in the US from xploitedcinema.com. Please buy the DVD to help encourage future DVD releases of other <b>...</b>
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| 1975: Apollo-Soyuz (NASA/USSR) |
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Taking place between 15-24 July 1975, Apollo-Soyuz was the first international manned spaceflight. It was designed to test the compatibility of rendezvous and docking systems for American and Soviet spacecraft, to open the way for international space rescue as well as future joint manned flights. The Soyuz was launched just over seven hours prior to the launch of the Apollo CSM. Apollo then maneuvered to rendezvous and docking 52 hours after the Soyuz launch. The Apollo and Soyuz crews conducted a variety of experiments over a two-day period. After separation, Apollo remained in space an additional 06 days. Soyuz returned to Earth approximately 43 hours after separation. This home movie made by Florida local Kerry Decker is intercut with official mission footage.
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