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[[File:Buran on An-225 (Le Bourget 1989) (cropped).JPEG|thumb|Soviet Space Shuttle ''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]'' at an airshow in 1989]]
[[File:Buran on An-225 (Le Bourget 1989) (cropped).JPEG|thumb|''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]'' spacecraft at an airshow in 1989]]


The [[Buran programme]] was an attempt by the [[Soviet Union]] to construct an orbital spaceplane to perform similar functions to the [[Space Shuttle]]. Similar to the Space Shuttle program, an aerodynamic prototype and a number of operational spacecraft were planned for Buran.<ref name="buran-Molniya">{{cite web|url=http://www.buran.ru/htm/molniya5.htm |title=Buran Orbiter |publisher=Molniya Research & Industrial Corporation |accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref>
The [[Buran programme]] was an attempt by the [[Soviet Union]] to construct an orbital spaceplane to perform similar functions to the [[Space Shuttle]]. Similar to the [[Space Shuttle program]]me, an aerodynamic prototype and a number of operational spacecraft were planned for the Buran programme,<ref name="buran-Molniya">{{cite web|url=http://www.buran.ru/htm/molniya5.htm |title=Buran Orbiter |publisher=Molniya Research & Industrial Corporation |access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> which were known as "''Buran''-class orbiters".


==Test flights==
==Test flights==
[[File:BTS-002 Orbiter.jpg|thumb|[[OK-GLI]] at an airshow in 1997]]
[[File:BTS-002 Orbiter.jpg|thumb|[[OK-GLI]] at an airshow in 1997]]
The aerodynamic testbed [[OK-GLI]] was constructed in 1984 to test the in-flight properties of the Buran design. Unlike the American prototype ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', OK-GLI had four [[Saturn AL-31|AL-31]] [[turbofan]] engines fitted, meaning it was able to fly under its own power.<ref name="okgli-museum">{{cite web |url=http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en/en/spaceshuttle-buran |title=Spaceshuttle BURAN |publisher=TECHNIK MUSEUM SPEYER |accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref>
The aerodynamic testbed ''[[OK-GLI]]'' was constructed in 1984 to test the in-flight properties of the Buran design. Unlike the American prototype ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', ''OK-GLI'' had four [[Saturn AL-31|AL-31]] [[turbofan]] engines fitted, meaning it was able to fly under its own power.<ref name="okgli-museum">{{cite web|url=http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en/en/spaceshuttle-buran |title=Spaceshuttle BURAN |publisher=TECHNIK MUSEUM SPEYER |access-date=2 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006115142/http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en/en/spaceshuttle-buran |archive-date= 6 October 2014 }}</ref>


The list does not include taxi tests without takeoffs.
All of these missions were crewed by two cosmonauts, were conducted using the OK-GLI testbed, and landed at the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]].
All of these missions were landed at the [[Gromov_Flight_Research_Institute|Gromov Flight Research Institute test base]].

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{|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{|class="sortable wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
|-
! scope="col" width="60"|No
! Flight date
! Flight date
! Crew
! Duration
! Duration
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Sources
! class="unsortable" | Sources
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 1
|10 November 1985
|10 November 1985
|
*[[Rimantas Stankevičius]]
*[[Igor Volk]]
|00d 00h 12m
|00d 00h 12m
|
|
* First flight of ''OK-GLI''
| <ref name="buran-autix">{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/burlogue.htm |title=Buran Analogue |publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica |accessdate=3 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="buran-rsw">{{cite web |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/buran_bts.html |title=BTS-002 / OK GLI |last=Zak |first=Anthony |publisher=Russian Space Web |date=16 November 2013 |accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref>
| <ref name="buran-autix">{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/burlogue.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020425123248/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/burlogue.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 25, 2002 |title=Buran Analogue |publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica |access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="buran-rsw">{{cite web |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/buran_bts.html |title=BTS-002 / OK GLI |last=Zak |first=Anthony |publisher=Russian Space Web |date=16 November 2013 |access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2
|3 January 1986
|3 January 1986
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 36m
|00d 00h 36m
|
|
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 3
|27 May 1986
|27 May 1986
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 23m
|00d 00h 23m
|
|
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 4
|11 June 1986
|11 June 1986
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 22m
|00d 00h 22m
|
|
*Semi-automatic gliding
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 5
|20 June 1986
|20 June 1986
|
*[[Anatoli Levchenko]]
*[[Aleksandr Vladimirovich Shchukin|Alexandr Shchukin]]
|00d 00h 25m
|00d 00h 25m
|
|
*Semi-automatic gliding
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 6
|28 June 1986
|28 June 1986
|
*Anatoli Levchenko
*Alexandr Shchukin
|00d 00h 23m
|00d 00h 23m
|
|
*Semi-automatic gliding
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 7
|10 December 1986
|10 December 1986
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 24m
|00d 00h 24m
|
|First automatic landing
*Automated control turned off before touchdown
*Considered the first automatic landing
| <ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-rsw" />
| <ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-rsw" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 8
|23 December 1986
|23 December 1986
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 17m
|00d 00h 17m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 9
|29 December 1986
|29 December 1986
|
*Anatoli Levchenko
*Alexandr Shchukin
|00d 00h 17m
|00d 00h 17m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 10
|16 February 1987
|16 February 1987
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 28m
|00d 00h 28m
|
|
*Officially the first fully automatic landing
| <ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-rsw" />
| <ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-rsw" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 11
|21 May 1987
|21 May 1987
|
*Anatoli Levchenko
*Alexander Shchukin
|00d 00h 20m
|00d 00h 20m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 12
|25 June 1987
|25 June 1987
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 19m
|00d 00h 19m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 13
|5 October 1987
|5 October 1987
|
*Alexander Shchukin
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 21m
|00d 00h 21m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 14
|15 October 1987
|15 October 1987
|
*[[Ivan Bachurin]]
*[[Alexei Borodain|Alexei Borodai]]
|00d 00h 19m
|00d 00h 19m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
|16 January 1988
|16 January 1988
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 22m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|
|<ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-chrono">{{cite web |url=http://www.buran.ru/htm/hrono.htm |title=OK-GLI chronology (in russian) |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 16
|24 January 1988
|24 January 1988
|
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 11m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 17
|23 February 1988
|23 February 1988
|
* Ivan Bachurin
*Alexei Borodai
|00d 00h 22m
|00d 00h 22m
|
|
* First flight of extended test program.
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 18
|4 March 1988
|4 March 1988
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 32m
|00d 00h 32m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 19
|12 March 1988
|12 March 1988
|
|
* Ivan Bachurin
* Alexei Borodai
|00d 00h 20m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-chrono"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 20
|23 March 1988
|23 March 1988
|
|
* Ivan Bachurin
* Alexei Borodai
|00d 00h 43m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-chrono"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 21
|28 March 1988
|28 March 1988
|
|
* Ivan Bachurin
* Alexei Borodai
|00d 00h 19m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" /><ref name="buran-chrono"/>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 22
|2 April 1988
|2 April 1988
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Alexander Schukin
|00d 00h 20m
|00d 00h 20m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 23
|8 April 1988
|8 April 1988
|
|
*Alexander Schukin
*Rimantas Stankevičius
|00d 00h 21m
|
|
* Automatic landing
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 24
|15 April 1988
|15 April 1988
|
*Rimantas Stankevičius
*Igor Volk
|00d 00h 19m
|00d 00h 19m
|
|
* Automatic landing
* Last flight of ''OK-GLI''
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|<ref name="buran-autix" />
|}
|}


==Launches and orbital flights==
==Launches and orbital flights==
The first operational orbiter, ''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]'' flew one test mission, designated [[Buran (spacecraft)#Flight into space|1K1]], on November 15, 1988 at 6:00:00 Moscow time.<ref name="buran-EnergiyaDate">{{cite book |title= Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle |first1=Bart |last1=Hendrickx |first2=Bert |last2=Vis |authorlink= |publisher=Springer |location= |year=2007 |isbn= 9780387739847 |pages= |page=349 |accessdate=November 2, 2012 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/pp3m53/#section=268577&page=39&locus=53}}</ref> The spacecraft was launched unmanned from and landed at [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in the [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh S.S.R.]] and flew two orbits, traveling {{convert|83,707|km|mi|abbr=on}} in 3 hours, 25 minutes (0.14 flight days).<ref name="buran-EnergiyaTime">{{cite book |title= Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle |first1=Bart |last1=Hendrickx |first2=Bert |last2=Vis |authorlink= |publisher=Springer |location= |year=2007 |isbn= 9780387739847 |pages= |page=356 |accessdate=November 2, 2012 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/pp3m53/#section=268577&page=39&locus=53}}</ref> ''Buran'' never flew again; the program was cancelled shortly after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].<ref name="buran-popularscience">{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |title=The New Book of Popular Science |volume=1 |url= |year=2008 |publisher=Scholastic |location= |isbn=9780717212262 |page=257 |pages=}}</ref> In 2002, the collapse of the hangar in which it was stored destroyed the Buran orbiter.<ref name="buran-EnergiyaDestroyed">{{cite book |title= Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle |first1=Bart |last1=Hendrickx |first2=Bert |last2=Vis |authorlink= |publisher=Springer |location= |year=2007 |isbn= 9780387739847 |pages= |page=388 |accessdate=November 2, 2012 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/pp3m53/#section=268577&page=39&locus=53}}</ref><ref name="buran-bbcColapse">{{cite news | publisher=BBC | title=Russia's space dreams abandoned | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1985631.stm | work=[[bbc.co.uk]] | accessdate=2007-11-14 | date=2002-05-13 | last=Whitehouse | first=David }}</ref>
The first operational orbiter, ''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]'' flew one test mission, designated [[Buran (spacecraft)#Flight into space|1K1]], on November 15, 1988 at 6:00:00 Moscow time.<ref name="buran-EnergiyaDate">{{cite book |title= Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle |first1=Bart |last1=Hendrickx |first2=Bert |last2=Vis |publisher=Springer |year=2007 |isbn= 9780387739847 |page=349 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7 }}</ref> The spacecraft was launched uncrewed from and landed at [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] in the [[Kazakh S.S.R.]] and flew two orbits, traveling {{convert|83,707|km|mi|abbr=on}} in 3 hours, 25 minutes (0.14 flight days).<ref name="buran-EnergiyaTime">{{cite book |title= Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle |first1=Bart |last1=Hendrickx |first2=Bert |last2=Vis |publisher=Springer |year=2007 |isbn= 9780387739847 |page=356 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7 }}</ref> ''Buran'' never flew again; the program was cancelled shortly after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].<ref name="buran-popularscience">{{cite book |title=The New Book of Popular Science |volume=1 |year=2008 |publisher=Scholastic |isbn=9780717212262 |page=257 }}</ref> In 2002, the ''Buran'' orbiter was destroyed by the collapse of the hangar in which it was stored.<ref name="buran-EnergiyaDestroyed">{{cite book |title= Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle |first1=Bart |last1=Hendrickx |first2=Bert |last2=Vis |publisher=Springer |year=2007 |isbn= 9780387739847 |page=388 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7 }}</ref><ref name="buran-bbcColapse">{{cite news | publisher=BBC | title=Russia's space dreams abandoned | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1985631.stm | work=[[bbc.co.uk]] | access-date=2007-11-14 | date=2002-05-13 | last=Whitehouse | first=David }}</ref>
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! scope="col" width="60"|No
! No.
! width="125"|Launch Date
! width="125"|Launch date
! width="60"|Mission
! width="60"|Mission
! Shuttle
! Shuttle
! Crew
! Crew
! Duration
! Duration
! Landing Site
! Landing site
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! Sources
! Sources
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 1
|1
|15 November 1988
| {{sort|19820322|15 November 1988}}<br />03:00:01&nbsp;UTC<br />06:00:01&nbsp;MSK
|align=center|'''1K1'''
|1K1
|''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]''
|''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]''
|0
|0
|3h 25m
|00d 3h 25m
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|
|Only flight of ''Buran''<br />Only unmanned flight of Space Shuttle type vehicle
*Only flight of ''Buran''
|<ref name="buran-nytimes">{{cite news | title = Soviet Space Shuttle Orbits and Returns In Unmanned Debut | author = Felicity Barringer | date = November 16, 1988 | publisher = The New York Times | url = http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/16/us/soviet-space-shuttle-orbits-and-returns-in-unmanned-debut.html | accessdate = 2013-11-23 }}</ref><ref name="buran-CSM">{{cite news |title=Soviet shuttle |first= |last= |url=https://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/enwiki/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=3SJB-3MT0-0012-20B6&csi=7945&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |date=17 November 1988 |accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="buran_spaceDaily">{{cite news |title=Russia starts ambitious super-heavy space rocket project |publisher=Space Daily |date=19 November 2013 |accessdate=2 October 2014 |url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russia_starts_ambitious_super_heavy_space_rocket_project_999.html}}</ref>
*Only uncrewed flight of Space Shuttle type vehicle
|<ref name="buran-nytimes">{{cite news | title = Soviet Space Shuttle Orbits and Returns In Unmanned Debut | author = Felicity Barringer | date = November 16, 1988 | work = The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/16/us/soviet-space-shuttle-orbits-and-returns-in-unmanned-debut.html | access-date = 2013-11-23 }}</ref><ref name="buran-CSM">{{cite news |title=Soviet shuttle |url=https://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/enwiki/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=3SJB-3MT0-0012-20B6&csi=7945&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |date=17 November 1988 |access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="buran_spaceDaily">{{cite news |title=Russia starts ambitious super-heavy space rocket project |publisher=Space Daily |date=19 November 2013 |access-date=2 October 2014 |url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russia_starts_ambitious_super_heavy_space_rocket_project_999.html}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buran.ru/htm/cikmain.htm|title=Циклограммы полета "Бурана" 15 ноября 1988 г.|website=www.buran.ru}}</ref>
|}

==Cancelled missions==
===Planned in 1989===
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! scope="col" width="60"|No<ref name="projected">{{cite web |url=http://www.buran.ru/htm/pilots.htm |script-title=ru:Экипажи "Бурана": Несбывшиеся планы |trans-title=The Crews of "Buran": Unfulfilled Plans |work=Buran.ru |first=Vadim |last=Lukashevich |access-date=5 August 2006 |language=ru}}</ref>
! width="125"|Launch date
! width="60"|Mission
! Shuttle
! Crew
! Duration
! Landing site
! class="unsortable" | Mission details
|-
! scope="row" | 2
|Q4 1991
|align=center|'''2K1'''
|''[[Ptichka|1.02]]''
|None
|2d
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|
First flight of 1.02
|-
! scope="row" | 3
|Q1-Q2 1992
|align=center|'''2K2'''
|''[[Ptichka|1.02]]''
|None
|7-8d
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|
Mir docking
|-
! scope="row" | 4
|1993
|align=center|'''1K2'''
|''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]''
|None
|15-20d
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|
|-
! scope="row" | 5
|1994
|align=center|'''3K1'''
|''[[2.01_(Buran-class_spacecraft)|2.01]]''
|
*[[Igor Volk]]
*[[Aleksandr Ivanchenkov]]
|1d
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|
First crewed flight<br />
First flight of 2.01
|-
! scope="row" | 6
|1994
|
|
|two cosmonauts
|
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|Second crewed flight
|-
! scope="row" | 7
|1994
|
|
|two cosmonauts
|
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|Third crewed flight
|-
! scope="row" | 8
|1995
|
|
|two cosmonauts
|
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|Fourth crewed flight
|-
! scope="row" | 9
|1995
|
|
|two cosmonauts
|
|[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]
|Fifth crewed flight<br /> Last planned orbital test flight
|}

===Planned in 1991===

Due to shortening of the program and delays in second flight preparations, mission plan for second orbiter included almost all significant test tasks.
* automatic docking with [[Mir]]'s [[Kristall]] module
* crew transfer from Mir to the shuttle, with testing of some of its systems in the course of twenty-four hours, including the remote manipulator
* undocking and autonomous flight in orbit
* docking of the crewed [[Soyuz-TM]] №101 with the shuttle
* crew transfer from the Soyuz to the shuttle and onboard work over the course of twenty-four hours
* automatic undocking and landing

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! width="125"|Launch Date
! width="60"|Mission
! Shuttle
! Crew
! Duration
! Landing Site
! class="unsortable" | Mission details
|-
! scope="row" | 2
|1992
|align=center|'''[[Ptichka#Projected flights|2K1]]'''
|''[[Ptichka|1.02]]''
|None
|7-8d
|
|
Mir docking
|}
|}


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Main articles: Buran programme and Buran (spacecraft)
Buran spacecraft at an airshow in 1989

The Buran programme was an attempt by the Soviet Union to construct an orbital spaceplane to perform similar functions to the Space Shuttle. Similar to the Space Shuttle programme, an aerodynamic prototype and a number of operational spacecraft were planned for the Buran programme,[1] which were known as "Buran-class orbiters".

Test flights

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OK-GLI at an airshow in 1997

The aerodynamic testbed OK-GLI was constructed in 1984 to test the in-flight properties of the Buran design. Unlike the American prototype Enterprise, OK-GLI had four AL-31 turbofan engines fitted, meaning it was able to fly under its own power.[2]

The list does not include taxi tests without takeoffs. All of these missions were landed at the Gromov Flight Research Institute test base.

No Flight date Crew Duration Notes Sources
1 10 November 1985 00d 00h 12m
  • First flight of OK-GLI
 [3][4]
2 3 January 1986
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 36m [3]
3 27 May 1986
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 23m [3]
4 11 June 1986
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 22m
  • Semi-automatic gliding
 [3]
5 20 June 1986 00d 00h 25m
  • Semi-automatic gliding
 [3]
6 28 June 1986
  • Anatoli Levchenko
  • Alexandr Shchukin
 00d 00h 23m
  • Semi-automatic gliding
 [3]
7 10 December 1986
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 24m
  • Automated control turned off before touchdown
  • Considered the first automatic landing
 [3][4]
8 23 December 1986
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 17m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
9 29 December 1986
  • Anatoli Levchenko
  • Alexandr Shchukin
 00d 00h 17m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
10 16 February 1987
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 28m
  • Officially the first fully automatic landing
 [3][4]
11 21 May 1987
  • Anatoli Levchenko
  • Alexander Shchukin
 00d 00h 20m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
12 25 June 1987
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 19m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
13 5 October 1987
  • Alexander Shchukin
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 21m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
14 15 October 1987 00d 00h 19m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
15 16 January 1988
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 22m
  • Automatic landing
 [3][5]
16 24 January 1988
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 11m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
17 23 February 1988
  • Ivan Bachurin
  • Alexei Borodai
 00d 00h 22m
  • First flight of extended test program.
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
18 4 March 1988
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 32m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
19 12 March 1988
  • Ivan Bachurin
  • Alexei Borodai
 00d 00h 20m
  • Automatic landing
 [3][5]
20 23 March 1988
  • Ivan Bachurin
  • Alexei Borodai
 00d 00h 43m
  • Automatic landing
 [3][5]
21 28 March 1988
  • Ivan Bachurin
  • Alexei Borodai
 00d 00h 19m
  • Automatic landing
 [3][5]
22 2 April 1988
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Alexander Schukin
 00d 00h 20m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
23 8 April 1988
  • Alexander Schukin
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
 00d 00h 21m
  • Automatic landing
 [3]
24 15 April 1988
  • Rimantas Stankevičius
  • Igor Volk
 00d 00h 19m
  • Automatic landing
  • Last flight of OK-GLI
 [3]

Launches and orbital flights

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The first operational orbiter, Buran flew one test mission, designated 1K1, on November 15, 1988 at 6:00:00 Moscow time.[6] The spacecraft was launched uncrewed from and landed at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh S.S.R. and flew two orbits, traveling 83,707 km (52,013 mi) in 3 hours, 25 minutes (0.14 flight days).[7] Buran never flew again; the program was cancelled shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[8] In 2002, the Buran orbiter was destroyed by the collapse of the hangar in which it was stored.[9][10]

No Launch date Mission Shuttle Crew Duration Landing site Notes Sources
1 15 November 1988
03:00:01 UTC
06:00:01 MSK 		1K1 Buran 0 00d 3h 25m Baikonur
  • Only flight of Buran
  • Only uncrewed flight of Space Shuttle type vehicle
 [11][12][13]

[14]

Cancelled missions

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Planned in 1989

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No[15] Launch date Mission Shuttle Crew Duration Landing site Mission details
2 Q4 1991 2K1 1.02 None 2d Baikonur

First flight of 1.02

3 Q1-Q2 1992 2K2 1.02 None 7-8d Baikonur

Mir docking

4 1993 1K2 Buran None 15-20d Baikonur
5 1994 3K1 2.01 1d Baikonur

First crewed flight
First flight of 2.01

6 1994 two cosmonauts Baikonur Second crewed flight
7 1994 two cosmonauts Baikonur Third crewed flight
8 1995 two cosmonauts Baikonur Fourth crewed flight
9 1995 two cosmonauts Baikonur Fifth crewed flight
Last planned orbital test flight

Planned in 1991

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Due to shortening of the program and delays in second flight preparations, mission plan for second orbiter included almost all significant test tasks.

  • automatic docking with Mir's Kristall module
  • crew transfer from Mir to the shuttle, with testing of some of its systems in the course of twenty-four hours, including the remote manipulator
  • undocking and autonomous flight in orbit
  • docking of the crewed Soyuz-TM №101 with the shuttle
  • crew transfer from the Soyuz to the shuttle and onboard work over the course of twenty-four hours
  • automatic undocking and landing
No Launch Date Mission Shuttle Crew Duration Landing Site Mission details
2 1992 2K1 1.02 None 7-8d

Mir docking

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Buran Orbiter". Molniya Research & Industrial Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Spaceshuttle BURAN". TECHNIK MUSEUM SPEYER. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Buran Analogue". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on April 25, 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Zak, Anthony (16 November 2013). "BTS-002 / OK GLI". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d "OK-GLI chronology (in russian)". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ^ Hendrickx, Bart; Vis, Bert (2007). Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle. Springer. p. 349. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7. ISBN 9780387739847.
  7. ^ Hendrickx, Bart; Vis, Bert (2007). Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle. Springer. p. 356. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7. ISBN 9780387739847.
  8. ^ The New Book of Popular Science. Vol. 1. Scholastic. 2008. p. 257. ISBN 9780717212262.
  9. ^ Hendrickx, Bart; Vis, Bert (2007). Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle. Springer. p. 388. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7. ISBN 9780387739847.
  10. ^ Whitehouse, David (2002-05-13). "Russia's space dreams abandoned". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  11. ^ Felicity Barringer (November 16, 1988). "Soviet Space Shuttle Orbits and Returns In Unmanned Debut". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  12. ^ "Soviet shuttle". Christian Science Monitor. 17 November 1988. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Russia starts ambitious super-heavy space rocket project". Space Daily. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Циклограммы полета "Бурана" 15 ноября 1988 г." www.buran.ru.
  15. ^ Lukashevich, Vadim. Экипажи "Бурана": Несбывшиеся планы [The Crews of "Buran": Unfulfilled Plans]. Buran.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 5 August 2006.
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