 The Space Shuttle LKS Russian, Light Cosmos Plane raive chirongwa cheSoviet Union chakatungamirwa naVladimir Chelomey mukupindura kuUnited States Space Shuttle. LKS yakanga iri duku zvikuru uye yakachipa zvikuru kudarika shamwari yayo yokuAmerica, asi pakupedzisira yakasiyiwa nokuda kweBuran yakakura. Achitaura kuti chirongwa cheBuran chakanga chakakura zvikuru, chakaoma, uye chinodhura kuti Russia ipedze, Chelomey akagadzira LKS muna 1979. Iye akarayira kuvakwa kwechienzanisiro chakakwana, senzira yokukurudzirazve fariro. Basa racho harina kutongobvumirwa zvizere, uye muna 1982, Chelomey akarayirwa zviri pamutemo nehurumende yeSoviet kuti amise kumwe kuvandudzwa. Muna March 1983, Chelomey akaita imwezve nhamburiko yokuwana mvumo yokuvaka LKS kuti adzivise US Intercontinental ballistic missiles. Ikokuwo kwakabvumikisa kuva kusina maturo. Muna 1991 mufananidzo wacho wakaparadzwa, zvichida nokuparadzwa. 