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Robert Pearlman in front of Buran and Energia just two weeks before the building collapsed.

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5640h.jpeg  An Energia core stage in MIK RN.ThumbnailsEnergia test article during pad tests. An Energia core stage in MIK RN.ThumbnailsEnergia test article during pad tests.

Space journalist Robert Pearlman stands in front of Buran and Energia just two weeks before the building (MIK RN) collapsed.

The Energia rocket to which Buran is mated consists of strap-on boosters from test article 4M-KS and the core stage of test article 5S.

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