- Shuttle 2.01
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status = unfinished|Shuttle 2.01 was the third space shuttle vehicle of the
Soviet Buran program , serial number "11F35 K3". It is often suggested that 2.01 was to be named "Baikal", named afterLake Baikal . Fact|date=February 2007 2.01's construction was not complete when the Buran program was ended (30-50 percent done), so it remains unfinished. cite web | url = http://www.k26.com/buran/Future/2.01/space_buran_2_01.html | title = Shuttle Buran 2.01 current status | accessdate = 2006-08-05]Differences from Shuttle Buran
The 2.01 is the first of a second series of Burans. The main differences between the second series and the first are located in the cockpit, which has been improved using feedback from the flight of the Buran and the construction of Ptichka. It was also equipped with Zvezda K-36RB ejection seats for the first manned flights. Fact|date=February 2007
Projected flights
It was projected in 1989 that the Shuttle 2.01 would have its first manned space test flight in 1994, with a duration of twenty-four hours. The craft would have been equipped with a
life support system and twoejection seat s. Crew would have consisted of twocosmonaut s –Igor Volk (commander) andAleksandr Ivanchenko (flight engineer). cite web | url = http://www.buran.ru/htm/pilots.htm | title = Экипажи "Бурана" Несбывшиеся планы. | publisher = buran.ru | accessdate = 2006-08-05 ru icon]Current status
After residing at the Tushino factory where it was constructed, it was incorrectly announced in 2006 that Shuttle 2.01 would be put on display in the
Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum ,Germany . However, the German Museum had actually boughtOK-GLI , which will be on display in its own new hangar from September 2008.References
External links
* [http://www.buran-energia.com/bourane-buran/bourane-modele-201.php 2.01 Space Shuttle]
* [http://www.k26.com/buran/Future/2.01/space_buran_2_01.html 2.01 status incorrectly mentioning its relocation to Germany]
* [http://www.buran.ru/htm/2-01.htm Images of 2.01 parked open air in Moscow in 2004 with a notice it's being moved to NPO Molniya]
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