The Tu-144 supersonic passenger jet entered service 43 years ago – to mark the date, RT has compiled a list of equally epic Soviet tech marvels. Some started legacies, others were forgotten, and some are still kicking today. Tu-144, the ‘Soviet Concorde’ One of only two commercial supersonic transport planes – the other being the […]
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Breaking into the Buran graveyard: Aging Soviet vehicles still impress
Exploring the Unbeaten Path The Soviet Union’s Buran space shuttle program stands as one of the saddest episodes in aerospace history. After NASA began working on its space shuttle program in the early 1970s, the Soviet Union conceived of its own orbiter program, the eerily similar looking Buran shuttle. Ultimately, the vehicle made just one flight, an […]