Russian Space Shuttle by Yuri Gagarin: Project Buran 1968

[Michel Van]

I found this Picture
of Wind tunnel model were several cosmonauts look at
one of them is Yuri Gagarin so this picture is made some time in 1960s ( before 27 March 1968 )

got someone info about that Model ?

 

[flateric]

http://www.buran.ru/other/Buran_Gagarin.pdf

 

[Michel Van]

http://www.buran.ru/other/Buran_Gagarin.pdf

Oh what for Fantastic PDF
A BIG THANKS to flateric !

The picture was photograph by V. Shitov in 1965 and use for the book S.M.Belotserkovskogo "Pioneers of the universe."
The model is labeled as "vozdushno space plane".

flateric, if i understand the text right
Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, Yuri Gagarin, Andrian Nikolayev and German Titov worked on Buran shaped Reentry vehicle in mid 1960s ?

 

[flateric]

you got it wrong again. they have worked on different shaped vehicle
vehicle that _looks_ like Buran from the certain angle was other generic hypersonic vehicle - author not even sure if it was ever intended for space flights

 

[Michel Van]

thanks for correction
my Russian language knowledge is far from good

 

[flateric]

Google translate

 

[pavel]

Personal archive .

 

[hesham]

Nice find my dear Pavel.

 

[flateric]

Buran-68 and _not_ Buran-68
Photos (c) Eugeny Lebedev

 

[Michel Van]

What for wonderful Find !

 

[russiafareast1972]

This is the first project of the Russian shuttle. Its author is Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin. His diploma. 1968. This is a manned shuttle. Black and white paintings from my collection. Their author is Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov. The first Russian shuttle of a very simple design. Bearing body and small side wings. On the bow of the ship are brake grids. Drawing and photographs of the project in the illustration. The official name of the project is Buran 1968.

The Burya 1957 cruise missile is an unmanned cruise missile. Not a shuttle.

Official sources of photos and drawings:

Космоплан Гагарина

Секретный проект крылатого космического корабля, подготовленный и защищённый первыми советскими космонавтами

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Диплом Гагарина

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