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Work on the thermal protection system of orbiter 2K in MIK OK.

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1991061061_4.jpg Orbiter 2K and an Energia rocket stacked at pad 110/37.ThumbnailsBuran and the Antonov An-225 Mriya on the way to the 1989 Paris Air Show.

Work on the thermal protection system of orbiter 2K in MIK OK. The photo shows the leading edge of the wing without the RCC panels installed.

Aviation Week and Space Technology, June 10, 1991, p.49