Shuttle 2.01

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2.01 "Baikal"

Country	Soviet Union
Named after	Lake Baikal (?)
Time spent in space	Never flew in space
Status	unfinished

Shuttle 2.01 was the third of the Soviet Shuttle Buran (Russian for "snowstorm") reusable space vehicles. It is often suggested that 2.01 was to be named "Baikal," named after Lake Baikal.^{[citation needed]} 2.01's construction was not complete when the Buran program was ended (30-50 percent done), so it remains unfinished. ^[1]

1 Differences from Shuttle Buran
2 Projected flights
3 Current status
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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. ^[1] It was also equipped with Zvezda K-36RB ejection seats for the first manned flights.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 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 two ejection seats. Crew would have consisted of two cosmonauts – Igor Volk (commander) and Aleksandr Ivanchenko (flight engineer). ^[2]

[edit] Current status

After residing at the Tushino factory where it was constructed, it was announced in 2006 that it will be put on display in the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Germany. ^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Shuttle Buran 2.01 current status. Retrieved on August 5, 2006.
^ Экипажи "Бурана" Несбывшиеся планы.. buran.ru. Retrieved on August 5, 2006. (Russian)

[edit] External links

v • d • e Space Shuttles
	US Space Shuttle program Enterprise (atmospheric tests) Pathfinder (ground tests) Columbia (destroyed 2003) Challenger (destroyed 1986) Discovery (active) Atlantis (active) Endeavour (active)	Soviet Buran program OK-GLI (BST-02) (aerotester) Buran (retired, destroyed 2002) Ptichka (95–97% completed, unused) 2.01 (incomplete) 2.02 (partially dismantled) 2.03 (dismantled)