· It was a space craft designed by soviet union and launched in 1988
· It was more sophisticated than US space shuttle
· However the buran program came to an abrupt end with USSR split
· It was the first fully reusable space shuttle system in world
· Coapred to US shuttle it had
o Superior thermal protection tiles
o Less toxic and more efficient liquid fuel
o Higher payload of 100 tonnes against space shuttles 30 tonnes
o Could carry 10 people against 7 of US version
· It was the first to perform unmanned flight in fully automatic mode until the boeing X 37 was launched last year
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