Launch vehicle · Roscosmos
Energia
RocketsSuper heavy-lift
Imagery
Expedition 13 Preflight
Nikolai Zelenschikov, Deputy General Designer, RSA- Energia, listens to the Expedition 13 crew members talk about their final check of the Soyuz spacecraft at building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhs…
2006
NASA · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
The Soviet super heavy-lift rocket that launched the uncrewed Buran shuttle, flying only twice before the program ended.
Components & hardware
Engines
Knowledge connections
- Operated byRoscosmos
- Powered byRD-170 / RD-171
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- Gunter's Space PageGunter Krebs — Gunter's Space Page
A specialist reference compilation of launch vehicles, stages, and spacecraft across all spacefaring nations.