Cancelled Spaceflights

Buran 3

USSR

Planning data

Launch date (planned):  1989 / 1990

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1  Volk  Igor Petrovich  Commander
2  Tolboyev  Magomed Omarovich  Second Pilot

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1  Stankevičius  Rimantas Antanas-Antono  Commander
2  Zabolotsky  Viktor Vasiliyevich  Second Pilot

Mission objectives

It appears that Buran was to make one more unmanned flight (in 1989), followed by the first manned mission.

Photos / Graphics

Photo: Florian J. Becker
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Last update on April 26, 2018.

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