-The Mriya is destroyed. |
-Shipping of Buran-KS to Sotchi. |
-Antonov is no more. |
-Buran is now a museum. |
-New pictures of the blogger Ralph Mirebs. |
The heat shield resisted very well the re-entry in the atmosphere because only 7 tiles were stripped off (on the 38 600), including 3 consecutive on the left wing.
Tiles damaged on the nose | Tiles damaged on the nose |
Tiles damaged on the orbital maneuvering system | Tiles damaged on the orbital maneuvering system |
Tile stripped off on the top of the cabin | Tile stripped off on the top of the cabin |
Tiles stripped off under the left wing | Tiles stripped off under the left wing |
Tile stripped off on the drift | Tile stripped off on the drift |
Tile stripped off on the rudder | Tile stripped off on the rudder |
Tile stripped off on the balancer shield |