A Soviet spacecraft, modeled after the American Space Shuttle.
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buran
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for buran.
Editorial note
Ok but if Buran failed didn't STS fail too, just took more money and killed more people?
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Quick take
A Soviet spacecraft, modeled after the American Space Shuttle.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of buran gathered in one view.
Alternative form of borani. [A traditional Iranian dish of yoghurt mixed with a cooked vegetable, most commonly spinach.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for buran.
noun
A Soviet spacecraft, modeled after the American Space Shuttle.
noun
Alternative form of borani. [A traditional Iranian dish of yoghurt mixed with a cooked vegetable, most commonly spinach.]
Example sentences
Ok but if Buran failed didn't STS fail too, just took more money and killed more people?
Frankly, its pretty dishonest to say the Buran had automation that the Shuttle lacked.
Considering the Buran has never put a person into space, its still fair to call it an experimental and a failed project.
The Space Shuttle looks better in the photographs (some people believe that the Buran looks better), and has too many cutting edge technologies.
This is cool, but if you compare the landing footage from STS-1 and Buran, the Buran landing looks decidedly squirrelly, I'm not sure I would want to be on that ride.
Fun fact: Buran was the first fully automated space shuttle.
The first Buran test flight was on November 15, 1988.
The Buran never carried a person into space and Soviet space management never had to make the decision to enable this while pilots sat in the cockpit.
I've seen a Buran up close - a few years ago (I think in the early 2000s?) one of them was toured around as a static display.
I'm sure if you're got that type of cash to drop - dropping a few more k to see the Buran isn't an issue Or you can sneak in.
Well, in 1988 when Buran was publicly shown, people already had rather different things in mind to worry about:) - it was third year of Perestroika, and things were changing...
:) PPS: Before someone mentions it, yes, I am aware there were charges thrown around of technology copying in the Buran program.
Quote examples
Otherwise if you say, "Ok" it was for research, well so was Buran it was research and jobs program.
Proper noun examples
Little details like launch during heavy wind, launcher which is able to fly separately, non-toxic fuel onboard Buran...
For people wanting to go see a Buran, there's a prototype on display in a museum in (SW) Germany.
If the photographer set out to find and photo the Buran, and started by googling, then that's still 'finding'?
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use buran in a sentence?
Ok but if Buran failed didn't STS fail too, just took more money and killed more people?
What does buran mean?
A Soviet spacecraft, modeled after the American Space Shuttle.
What part of speech is buran?
buran is commonly used as noun.