| Name: Levchenko, Anatoli | Country: Soviet Union | M/F: M | Number of Flights: 1* / 8 |
| Buran Flights | Date of Flight - Buran Analogue | Buran Flight Notes |
|---|---|---|
| *1. Buran Analogue Taxi Test 6 |
April 26, 1986 - BST-02 | Time - 14 minutes |
| *2. Buran Analogue Flight 5 |
June 20, 1986 - BST-02 | Time - 25 minutes |
| *3. Buran Analogue Flight 6 |
June 28, 1986 - BST-02 | Time - 23 minutes |
| *4. Buran Analogue Flight 9 |
December 29, 1986 - BST-02 | Time - 17 minutes |
| *5. Buran Analogue Taxi Test 7 |
March 29, 1987 - BST-02 | Time - 2 minutes |
| *6. Buran Analogue Taxi Test 8 |
March 30, 1987 - BST-02 | Time - 25 minutes |
| *7. Buran Analogue Flight 12 |
May 21, 1987 - BST-02 | Time - 20 minutes |
| Space Flights | Launch Date - Flight Up | Landing Date - Flight Down |
| 8. Soyuz TM-4 | December 21, 1987 - Soyuz TM-4 | December 29, 1987 - Soyuz TM-3 |
| Space Flights | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Soyuz T-15A (Cancelled) |
Proposed Prime Crew Final expedition to Salyut 7 station was cancelled when control was lost |
| Buran Analogue | Buran Analogue Test Pilot *1. Taxi Test 6 - April 26, 1986 - BST-02 (Time - 14 minutes) *2. Flight 5 - June 20, 1986 - BST-02 (Time - 25 minutes) *3. Flight 6 - June 28, 1986 - BST-02 (Time - 23 minutes) *4. Flight 9 - December 29, 1986 - BST-02 (Time - 17 minutes) *5. Taxi Test 7 - March 29, 1987 - BST-02 (Time - 2 minutes) *6. Taxi Test 8 - May 21, 1987 - BST-02 (Time - 25 minutes) *7. Flight 12 - May 21, 1987 - BST-02 (Time - 20 minutes) |
| * Doesn't count as a flight for Levchenko | |
| 8. Soyuz TM-4 | Mir Visiting LII-01 Expedition Docked with Mir aboard Soyuz TM-4 on December 23, 1987 Returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-3 on December 29, 1987 |
| Buran Flight 5 (3K1) (Cancelled) |
Original Backup Crew for the first manned space flight of the Buran space
shuttle Buran Flight 5 would have been the first flight of the third Buran space shuttle; the first shuttle to equipped with life support systems and ejection seats. Two cosmonauts would have attached the 37KBI module to Mir's Kristall module with the Buran robotic arm. The Buran program was cancelled in June 1993. |
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| Soviet Cosmonauts | Mir Program - 1987 / Backup Crew |
Updated - March 26, 2006