English: This extraordinary aircraft was one of two converted in 1981 from tanker versions of the Myasishchev M-4 / 3M ‘Bison’ strategic bomber to convey large space launchers and similar payloads including the Buran space-shuttle; in all more than 150 loads were carried to the Baikonur launch site
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