Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105

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MiG-105
MiG 105-11 test vehicle at the Central Air Force Museum.
General information
Type	Test vehicle
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Mikoyan
Status	Cancelled
Primary user	Soviet Air Forces
History
First flight	1976

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing. It was a visible result of a Soviet project to create an orbital spaceplane. The MiG 105 was nicknamed "Lapot" (Russian: лапоть, or bast shoe; the word is also used as a slang for "shoe"), for the shape of its nose.