Buran
Author(s): ElChristou Runar Thorvaldsen
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Buran was the first reusable spacecraft developed by the Soviet Union. Originally developed as a response to the US Space Shuttle program, it ultimately flew only one test flight (1K1) in 1988-Nov-15 before the project was abandoned in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991
| Buran Program (1988) |
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|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End |
| Buran (1K1) | 1988-Nov-15 | |
| 03:47 | 05:20 | |
| Uncrewed 2-hour orbital test flight. Only spaceflight of the entire Buran Program | ||
| Ptichka (2K1) | 1991-Dec | |
| Cancelled. Uncrewed 1-2 day orbital test flight | ||
| Ptichka (2K2) | 1992 | |
| Cancelled. Uncrewed 7-8 day mission to Mir | ||
| Buran (1K2) | 1993 | |
| Cancelled. Uncrewed 15-20 day mission to Mir | ||
| Orbiter 2.01 (3K1) | 1994 | |
| Cancelled. First crewed spaceflight, to be flown by cosmonauts Igor Volk and Aleksandr Ivanchenko | ||
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