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RUSSIAN SPACESHIP TAKES TO THE WATER Russian spaceship Buran 002 is transported on a ship over the river Rhine in Dusseldorf, western Germany. The shuttle with a height of 17 metres and a length of 36 metres. The Russian Shuttle is somewhat bigger than the US-model and its development was started by Russian scientists in 1976. In 1988 the Buran was launched into an earth orbit. It completed two orbits and touched down safely again in Baikonour Kazakhstan. The Russian space agencies are very proud about the fact that the shuttle could fly without cosmonauts. It was radio-controlled from the ground. It started its journey on 6 March, 2008 in Manama, Bahrain, and took a route leading via the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in the direction of Suez to Rotterdam, from where its transport continues over the River Rhine. (LJ WN TN)
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