The OK-GLI, also known as Buran Analog BTS-02, was a Soviet atmospheric test vehicle of the orbital Buran spacecraft. It was constructed for the Buran programme in 1984, and was used for 25 test fligh
Atmospheric Buran testbed currently on display in Technik Museum Speyer
The Buran programme was a Soviet and later Russian reusable spacecraft project to develop the Energia-Buran system, officially known as the Reusable Space System "Buran", that formally began in 1976 a
OK-GLI
…aircraft, the second'), was a Soviet atmospheric test vehicle ("Buran aerodynamic analogue") of the orbital Buran spacecraft. It was constructed for the Buran programme in 1984, and was used for 25 test flights between 1985 and 1988 before being retired. The aircraft was subsequently put on exhibit in Australia (2000…
The Antonov An-225 Mriya carrying Buran in 1989.
US artist's concept of a Soviet space shuttle approaching a manned space complex.
Igor Petrovich Volk, cosmonaut and test pilot of the OK-GLI.
The crew of Soyuz T-12 (Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Igor Volk) on a stamp issued in 1985