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Bachurin Ivanchenkov

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Interior of Soyuz TM Credit - © Mark Wade

1991 December. (Cancelled flight). Crew: Bachurin, Ivanchenkov. Backup Crew: Borodai, Balandin. Program: Mir. 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.

• - 1991 December - Soyuz Buran Support (cancelled)  Crew: Bachurin, Ivanchenkov. 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.

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