![28 years today, Soviet spaceshuttle "Buran" had its first and only flight. Thousands of universities, institutes and factories were involved in the Buran-Energia program. The program was closed with the fall of Soviet Union. : r/space 28 years today, Soviet spaceshuttle "Buran" had its first and only flight. Thousands of universities, institutes and factories were involved in the Buran-Energia program. The program was closed with the fall of Soviet Union. : r/space](https://external-preview.redd.it/wS7Fl8gn_FULomh24qQr46mttdLYJAhLTiwf3KY7coI.jpg?auto=webp&s=f74ed31a535f1e11d9d124b1433e874e35a7b141)
28 years today, Soviet spaceshuttle "Buran" had its first and only flight. Thousands of universities, institutes and factories were involved in the Buran-Energia program. The program was closed with the fall of Soviet Union. : r/space
![File:RP1357 p189 Soyuz rocket (left), Space Shuttle (center), and Energia- Buran (right) (drawn to scale).svg - Wikimedia Commons File:RP1357 p189 Soyuz rocket (left), Space Shuttle (center), and Energia- Buran (right) (drawn to scale).svg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/RP1357_p189_Soyuz_rocket_%28left%29%2C_Space_Shuttle_%28center%29%2C_and_Energia-Buran_%28right%29_%28drawn_to_scale%29.svg/604px-RP1357_p189_Soyuz_rocket_%28left%29%2C_Space_Shuttle_%28center%29%2C_and_Energia-Buran_%28right%29_%28drawn_to_scale%29.svg.png)
File:RP1357 p189 Soyuz rocket (left), Space Shuttle (center), and Energia- Buran (right) (drawn to scale).svg - Wikimedia Commons
Why was the post-reentry soot pattern on the Buran the exact opposite to that on the US Shuttle? - Quora
![Why was the post-reentry soot pattern on the Buran the exact opposite to that on the US Shuttle? - Quora Why was the post-reentry soot pattern on the Buran the exact opposite to that on the US Shuttle? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-31a3425e6f81b8b6dc1dda5cccc9bdc6.webp)