Eerie photos of Russia’s forgotten chapter in the space race. Images show inside an abandoned Soviet assembling and refueling complex near the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Two flight units of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle program lay abandoned amongst a crumbling hangar. They were intended to rival NASA’s Space Shuttle orbiters.
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On November 15, 1988, a Buran space shuttle made two circles around the Earth’s orbit and landed at the Yubileiny airfield at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Picture shows the shattered space windows of a shuttle.
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After just one test flight in 1988 the main Buran shuttle and its sister vehicles were scrapped. Picture shows the shattered space windows of a shuttle.
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Picture shows the shattered space windows of a shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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A mock-up of the Energia rocket carrier that carried the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle to the orbit.
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Installation platforms for the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The operations and checkout facility.
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The flight unit of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle.
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The Energia-Buran system launch facility for the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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A mock-up of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle is on display at the Baikonur Cosmodrome History Museum.
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The cockpit of a mock-up of the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle on display at the Baikonur Cosmodrome History Museum.
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The Energia-Buran system launch facility for the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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The Energia-Buran system launch facility for the Buran Soviet/Russian reusable space shuttle at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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