Rank 17 documents Buran — the Soviet Union's reusable spaceplane and the only orbital spacecraft besides the US Space Shuttle to complete an uncrewed atmospheric landing. Launched 15 November 1988 atop the Energia super-heavy booster from Baikonur, the 62-tonne delta-wing orbiter completed one full orbit before an autopilot runway landing at Yubileyniy airfield — a demonstration that Soviet engineers could match American spaceplane recovery without a crew aboard. NPO Molniya managed the program as the Soviet answer to the Space Shuttle, pairing Buran's white winged fuselage with the orange-insulated Energia stack that also launched the Polyus battle-station prototype. Political collapse and funding withdrawal ended the program after this single successful flight, leaving Buran as the most capable spaceplane never to enter service. Wallimilist renders the pad-night Energia stack, white Buran orbiter with Cyrillic markings, semicircle portal arch, cream lower register with BURAN slab title, FIRST UNCREWED ORBITAL SPACEPLANE LANDING kicker, and SOVIET ANSWER TO SHUTTLE footer exactly as the master PNG dictates — NPO Molniya and Buran program emblems, specimen data bands, and curator copy on reusable spaceplane heritage.