The Russian 'Space Shuttle' - now preserved at the Technik Museum Speyer (Germany). Built in 1984 and used for testing gliding-flight and landing after re-entry into the atmosphere. 25 atmospheric flights were made between 1984 and 1989. MAKS 1997
The Buran orbital vehicle program was the USSR response to the American space shuttle. Shuttle 2.01 was the third vehicle of the program and the first of a second series of Burans. It's construction was only 30-50 percent complete before the program ended
The Buran prototype OK-GLI, shown in the Technik Museum Speyer, was built in 1984 and was used for testing gliding-flight and landing after re-entry into the atmosphere. 25 atmospheric flights were made between 1984 and 1989.