The Ruins of the Soviet Space Shuttle Program

Russian urban exploration photographer Ralph Mirebs lately paid a trip to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where inside a giant abandoned hangar are decaying remnants of images in the Soviet space shuttle program.

Gizmodo writes the Buran system was in operation for almost two decades. One automated orbital flight resulted in the program that was extensive, when the Soviet Union collapsed, but the job was shuttered.

Mirebs went to the massive 62-meter (~203 foot) tall hangar and captured a fascinating series of photos showing the detail and intricacy of a space program that met an untimely ending.

Of both rundown one was nearly prepared for flight back, Buran space shuttles seen in the hangar along with the other was a full -sized mockup that was utilized for testing things like load and conjugating. Sadly for the innumerable scientists active in the plan, as well as for both, things came to an abrupt stop only one year after, as well as the hangar has stayed in this state for more than two decades.

It’s possible for you to locate a bigger set of the pictures as well as a writeup (in Russian) over on Mirebs’ website.

Picture credits: Photos by Ralph Mirebs and used with permission