Planned Soyuz flight to Mir. Main purpose was to provide spaceflight experience to Bachurin and Borodai, who had been selected as back-up crew of the first manned Buran flight (the original back-up crew of Levchenko and Shchukin both died in 1988). Cancelled in cut-backs after fall of the Soviet Union.
Soyuz Buran Support (cancelled) - .
Crew: Bachurin,
Ivanchenkov.
Backup Crew: Balandin,
Borodai.
Nation: Russia.
Program: Mir.
Flight: Soyuz Buran Support.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Planned Soyuz flight to Mir. Main purpose was to provide spaceflight experience to Bachurin and Borodai, who had been selected as back-up crew of the first manned Buran flight. Cancelled in cut-backs after fall of the Soviet Union..