In the end it contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and thus the demise of Buran itself.ĪKA: 11F35 11F36. The cost of Buran - 14.5 billion rubles - was a significant part of the effort to maintain strategic and technical parity with the United States. Russian manned spaceplane which represented a huge leap in Soviet space technology and project management. ^ "Russia starts ambitious super-heavy space rocket project"."Soviet Space Shuttle Orbits and Returns In Unmanned Debut". ^ Felicity Barringer (November 16, 1988).Energiya-Buran: the Soviet space shuttle. ^ a b c d "OK-GLI chronology (in russian)".^ a b c Zak, Anthony (16 November 2013).^ 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".Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Molniya Research & Industrial Corporation. crew transfer from the Soyuz to the shuttle and onboard work over the course of twenty-four hours.docking of the crewed Soyuz-TM №101 with the shuttle.undocking and autonomous flight in orbit.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.automatic docking with Mir's Kristall module.Only uncrewed flight of Space Shuttle type vehicleĬancelled missions Planned in 1989 Noĭue to shortening of the program and delays in second flight preparations, mission plan for second orbiter included almost all significant test tasks.In 2002, the collapse of the hangar in which it was stored destroyed the Buran orbiter. Buran never flew again the program was cancelled shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. and flew two orbits, traveling 83,707 km (52,013 mi) in 3 hours, 25 minutes (0.14 flight days). The spacecraft was launched uncrewed from and landed at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh S.S.R.
The first operational orbiter, Buran flew one test mission, designated 1K1, on Novemat 6:00:00 Moscow time. Officially the first fully automatic landing.Automated control turned off before touchdown.The list does not include taxi tests without takeoffs.Īll of these missions were landed at the Gromov Flight Research Institute test base. Unlike the American prototype Enterprise, OK-GLI had four AL-31 turbofan engines fitted, meaning it was able to fly under its own power. The aerodynamic testbed OK-GLI was constructed in 1984 to test the in-flight properties of the Buran design. Test flights OK-GLI at an airshow in 1997 Similar to the Space Shuttle programme, an aerodynamic prototype and a number of operational spacecraft were planned for the Buran programme, which were known as " Buran-class orbiters". The Buran programme was an attempt by the Soviet Union to construct an orbital spaceplane to perform similar functions to the Space Shuttle. Main articles: Buran programme and Buran (spacecraft) Buran spacecraft at an airshow in 1989
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