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  2. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105 - Wikipedia

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    The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing. It was a visible result of a Soviet project to create an orbital spaceplane. The MiG 105 was nicknamed "Lapot" (Russian: лапоть, or bast shoe; the word is also used as a slang for "shoe"), for the shape of its nose.

  3. List of spaceplanes - Wikipedia

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    Uncrewed suborbital space plane. Horizontal takeoff and landing. Dream Chaser: USA: Rocket launch: ... List of space launch system designs; Mother ship This page was ...

  4. Bast shoe - Wikipedia

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    Bast shoes are shoes made primarily from bast — fiber taken from the bark of trees such as linden. They are a kind of basket, woven and fitted to the shape of a foot. Bast shoes are a traditional footwear of the forest areas of Northeastern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, Russians, and Belarusians. They ...

  5. Buran programme - Wikipedia

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    Sub-scale model of the Spiral space plane: 1982–1984: 1:2 scale model of Spiral space plane. 5 launches. NPO Molniya, Moscow. BOR-5 ("Kosmos") Suborbital test of 1/8 scale model of Buran: 1983–1988: 5 launches, none were reflown but at least 4 were recovered. NPO Molniya, Moscow. Wind tunnel models: Scales from 1:3 to 1:550

  6. Dream Chaser - Wikipedia

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    Dream Chaser flight test vehicle in 2013. Dream Chaser is an American reusable lifting-body spaceplane developed by Sierra Space.Originally intended as a crewed vehicle, the Dream Chaser Space System is set to be produced after the Dream Chaser Cargo System cargo variant is operational.

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    If you're a fan of the finer things in life, the Superstar Lux Shoes may be for you. They take the same original style and upgrade it with a soft leather lining and a leather-toe shell. "The ...

  8. Rope-soled shoe - Wikipedia

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    Bast shoes were time-consuming to make. The bark from three or four saplings was soaked in a press for a long period. Despite this, the shoes were somewhat disposable, only lasting a week or so. [3] Bast shoes were used until the mid-twentieth century. They did not always have a rope-like sole; it was common for bast soles to be crudely woven ...

  9. Fundamental plane (elliptical galaxies) - Wikipedia

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    The fundamental plane is a set of bivariate correlations connecting some of the properties of normal elliptical galaxies.Some correlations have been empirically shown. The fundamental plane is usually expressed as a relationship between the effective radius, average surface brightness and central velocity dispersion of normal elliptical galaxies.