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Two Heat-Resistant Tiles of the Buran Spaceship, USSR, 1980s

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 EUR Estimated At:480.00 - 600.00 EUR
Two Heat-Resistant Tiles of the Buran Spaceship, USSR, 1980s
Borosilicate, painted in colors, fused quartz fiber layer
Soviet Union, 1980s
Two heat-resistant tiles for the reentry of the Soviet space shuttle Buran into the aerospace
One heat-resistant tile painted in colors with an image of the Buran space shuttle and the inscription in Cyrillic ‘BAIKONUR’
Dimensions: max. 9.5 x 15 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
Two original heat-resistant tiles of the Soviet space shuttle Buran, one burnt and the other one unused with the original painting; the heat-resistant tiles can withstand temperatures of up to 1500°C
Flown Buran heat-resistant tiles are of great rarity

These are two heat-resistant tiles of the Soviet space shuttle Buran. One of the tiles is painted in colors with the depiction of the Buran and the inscription in Cyrillic ‘BAIKONUR’, the name of the Soviet cosmodrome. The second tile was used and is burnt black. The heat-resistant tiles are crafted of a thin brittle cover of borosilicate and a fused quartz fiber layer to resist temperatures of up to 1500° C. Both tiles are mounted on felt. This type of tiles build the largest part of a heat shield, which is to prevent the vaporization of the space shuttle through the enormous compression heat at reentry into the aerospace.



The two engine heat-resistant tiles are in good condition, the edges are bumped. The dimensions are max. 9.5 x 15 cm.
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