That is the guidance algorithm working, not "AI". The Space Shuttle guidance could command 180º bank (and I'm 99% sure the Buran guidance could also do that).During the descent, in order to dissipate kinetic energy, Buran, by means of a programmable change in roll, performed an extended S-shaped "snake", simultaneously implementing a lateral maneuver of 570 km to the right of the orbital plane. During the shift, the maximum roll value reached 104º to the left and 102º to the right.
(Buran's decision scared ground services)


