Retro Space HD | Buran vs Shuttle Landing Comparison - Soviet Space Shuttle landing, STS-27 @RetroSpaceHD | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 56 minutes ago.
Split-screen views comparing Buran (Soviet) and Space Shuttle (American) landings. Both flights are from 1988 (Buran 1.01 and Atlantis STS-27). The footage is initially timed based on wheel touchdown. Buran comes to a stop sooner, so after that the footage is replayed from an alternate angle, now timed to wheel stop. Buran was fully automated (uncrewed) for this first orbital flight. The US shuttle landed under pilot control.
Buran footage from buran.ru
Research, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.
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The only orbital launch of a Buran-class orbiter, 1K1 (first orbiter, first flight) occurred at 03:00:02 UTC on 15 November 1988 from Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 110/37. Buran was lifted into space, on an uncrewed mission, by the specially designed Energia rocket. The automated launch sequence performed as specified, and the Energia rocket lifted the vehicle into a temporary orbit before the orbiter separated as programmed. After boosting itself to a higher orbit and completing two orbits around the Earth, the ODU (сombined propulsion system) engines fired automatically to begin the descent into the atmosphere, return to the launch site, and horizontal landing on a runway.
After making an automated approach to Site 251, Buran touched down under its own control at 06:24:42 UTC and came to a stop at 06:25:24, 206 minutes after launch. Despite a lateral wind speed of 61.2 kilometers per hour (38.0 mph), Buran landed only 3 meters (9.8 ft) laterally and 10 meters (33 ft) longitudinally from the target mark. It was the first spaceplane to perform an uncrewed flight, including landing in fully automatic mode. It was later found that Buran had lost only eight of its 38,000 thermal tiles over the course of its flight.
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Scott Manley
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#buran #soviet #shuttle
Split-screen views comparing Buran (Soviet) and Space Shuttle (American) landings. Both flights are from 1988 (Buran 1.01 and Atlantis STS-27). The footage is initially timed based on wheel touchdown. Buran comes to a stop sooner, so after that the footage is replayed from an alternate angle, now timed to wheel stop. Buran was fully automated (uncrewed) for this first orbital flight. The US shuttle landed under pilot control.
Buran footage from buran.ru
Research, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.
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The only orbital launch of a Buran-class orbiter, 1K1 (first orbiter, first flight) occurred at 03:00:02 UTC on 15 November 1988 from Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 110/37. Buran was lifted into space, on an uncrewed mission, by the specially designed Energia rocket. The automated launch sequence performed as specified, and the Energia rocket lifted the vehicle into a temporary orbit before the orbiter separated as programmed. After boosting itself to a higher orbit and completing two orbits around the Earth, the ODU (сombined propulsion system) engines fired automatically to begin the descent into the atmosphere, return to the launch site, and horizontal landing on a runway.
After making an automated approach to Site 251, Buran touched down under its own control at 06:24:42 UTC and came to a stop at 06:25:24, 206 minutes after launch. Despite a lateral wind speed of 61.2 kilometers per hour (38.0 mph), Buran landed only 3 meters (9.8 ft) laterally and 10 meters (33 ft) longitudinally from the target mark. It was the first spaceplane to perform an uncrewed flight, including landing in fully automatic mode. It was later found that Buran had lost only eight of its 38,000 thermal tiles over the course of its flight.
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A special thanks to the channel supporters ( patreon.com/RetroSpaceHD ):
Asbjørn
Drew Granston
Francis Bernier
Gary Smith
Gio Pagliari
Jan Strzelecki
Jeff Pleimling
Jules E
Kevin Spencer
Michael Pennington
Nathan Koga
Noah Soderquist
Ryan Hardy
Scott Manley
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#buran #soviet #shuttle
