Stankevicius, Rimantas Antanas-Antano
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Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot, died in crash of a Su-27 fighter at an air show at Treviso, Italy.
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Chronology
23 events
1944 July 26
- Birth of Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavicius - . Nation: Lithuania. Related Persons: Stankevicius. Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot, died in crash of a Su-27 fighter at an air show at Treviso, Italy..
1984 December 29
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 1 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 45 kph. Time 5 minutes. Thereafter to PRSO test stand for full-scale equipment tests; then to PDST pilot-dynamics test stand for further tests..
1985 August 2
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 2 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 200 kph. Time 14 minutes..
1985 October 5
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 3 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 270 kph. Time 12 minutes..
1985 October 15
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 4 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 300 kph..
1985 November 10
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 1 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 480 kph. Maximum altitude 1500 m. Time 12 minutes..
1985 November 15
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 5 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 170 kph. Time 12 minutes..
1986 January 3
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 2 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 520 kph. Maximum altitude 3000 m. Time 36 minutes..
1986 May 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 3 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 540 kph. Maximum altitude 4000 m. Time 23 minutes..
1986 June 11
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 4 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Maximum speed 530 kph. Maximum altitude 4000 m. Time 22 minutes..
1986 December 10
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 7 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. First automatic landing from 4000 m altitude. Time 24 minutes..
1986 December 23
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 8 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 17 minutes..
1987 February 16
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 10 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 28 minutes..
1987 February 25
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 11 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 19 minutes..
1987 June 25
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 13 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 19 minutes..
1988 January 16
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 16 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue.
1988 March 4
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 19 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 32 minutes..
1988 April 2
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 23 - . Crew: Shchukin, Stankevicius. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Shchukin, Stankevicius. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 20 minutes..
1988 April 8
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 24 - . Crew: Shchukin, Stankevicius. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Shchukin, Stankevicius. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue.
1988 April 15
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 flight 25 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Volk. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Volk. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue. Time 19 minutes. Final Buran Analog flight test. At the same time development of the auto-land system aboard the Tu-154 test bed is completed as well..
1989 April
- Soyuz TM-8A (cancelled) - . Crew: Afanasyev, Sevastyanov, Stankevicius. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Afanasyev, Sevastyanov, Stankevicius. Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-8A. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Planned flight to ensure continuous occupation cancelled due to budget cutbacks and delay in launching Kvant 2 and Kristall modules..
1989 December 29
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur Jubilee.- Buran Analog BST-02 taxi test 9 - . Crew: Stankevicius, Zabolotski. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius, Zabolotski. Program: Buran. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Spacecraft Bus: Buran. Spacecraft: Buran Analogue.
1990 September 9
- Cosmonaut Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavicius dies in crash of Su-27 fighter at air show at Treviso, Italy. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Stankevicius. Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot..