Richard Ozer wrote:
> That's correct:
>
> "The first and only orbital launch of the shuttle Buran was at 3:00 GMT on
> November 15, 1988. The flight was unmanned, as the life support system had
> not been checked out and the CRT displays had no software installed. The
> vehicle was launched on the powerful Energiya booster into an 247 by 256 km
> orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination. The Buran orbited the Earth twice before
> firing its thrusters for reentry. The flight ended at 6:25 GMT when the
> vehicle touched down at Tyuratum. The Buran 1 mission was limited to 2
> orbits due to computer memory limitations."
I remember watching the landing on TV. I guess it was recorded, but the
fully authomated landing was quite impressive at the time...
- Alex
Received on Fri Sep 24 11:19:05 2004