It supports several generations of Russian spacecraft&colon; Soyuz, Proton, Tsyklon, Dnepr, Zenit and Buran. This mission launched the uncrewed Soviet Shuttle vehicle, Buran. The USSR copied the reusable Space Shuttle orbiter, which it called "Buran". GOX (gaseous oxygen) was used as the oxidizer for the Buran program's orbital maneuvering system. Levchenko was a prospective pilot for the Soviet Space shuttle "Buran". Igor Volk was planned to be the commander of the first crewed Buran flight. In 1985, Tu-144D were used to train pilots for the Soviet Buran space shuttle. Anatoli Levchenko was a cosmonaut in the Buran shuttle program. A restored test artifact from the Soviet Buran programme sits next to the museum entrance. This was the first such landing since the Soviet Buran shuttle in 1988. This approach has been used by the American Space Shuttle and the Soviet Buran. This airfield was used as a test site for the Soviet Buran Spacecraft. "Vulkan" was superseded by the Energia/Buran program in 1976. His last scientific works were devoted to creation of the Shuttle Buran. Retrieval at a future date by a Buran shuttle was also planned.