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Mriya and Buran on display in Hostomel, May, 1989.

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225_05.jpg Mriya and Buran after arriving in Hostomel from Baikonur, May, 1989.ThumbnailsMriya and Buran on display in Hostomel, May, 1989.Mriya and Buran after arriving in Hostomel from Baikonur, May, 1989.ThumbnailsMriya and Buran on display in Hostomel, May, 1989.

"Shortly before the Mriya-Buran tandem departed for France (late May 1989), ANTK employees arranged a semi-official presentation of the pride of the Soviet aircraft industry and space industry “for the labor collectives of Kyiv” - an unprecedented gesture for a sensitive facility at that time."

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