Photo Baikonur USSR\" Soviet \"Energia-Buran\" Launch vehicle, orbital ship Space For Sale

Photo Baikonur USSR\" Soviet \"Energia-Buran\" Launch vehicle, orbital ship Cosmos
A black and white photograph of the launch complex and the Energia-Buran program is a rare piece of evidence of a grandiose Soviet project that became one of the most ambitious and technologically complex in the history of cosmonautics.
The program began in 1976 as a response to the American Space Shuttle.
The goal was to create a reusable system that included the super-heavy launch vehicle Energia and the orbital ship Buran.
The design of Buran was similar to the Space Shuttle, but it had significant technical improvements:The ability to fly and land automatically without a crew.Higher payload capacity.Increased safety due to the separation of the launch vehicle and the ship.
A special launch complex was built at the cosmodrome for the launch of Energia-Buran Baikonur.The launch pad was a complex engineering structure, equipped to work with a powerful launch vehicle.