Russia’s forgotten space agency: Haunting images reveal two abandoned Soviet shuttles rotting in giant derelict hangar | |
THE INQUISIDOR User ID: 47165686 United States 06/11/2015 09:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Russia’s forgotten space agency: Haunting images reveal two abandoned Soviet shuttles rotting in giant derelict hangar Photographer Ralph Mirebs visited an abandoned hangar near the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Quoting: prisonerno6 It houses two prototype shuttles that were part of the ill-fated Buran shuttle programme This was designed to mimic Nasa's successful Space Shuttles which flew for 30 years But after one test flight in 1988 the main Buran shuttle - and its other sister vehicles - were scrapped Read and See Pictures Here -> [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Development of the programme began in 1976, with the reusable spacecraft (although the booster was not) capable of performing operations in orbit before returning to Earth. But after the one unmanned spaceflight in 1988, the programme was scrapped following the dissolution of the USSR in 1993. I thought they made one into a park attraction and restaurant .. [link to www.spacedaily.com] :zzxcvfg: Last Edited by THE AMERICAN INQUISITOR on 06/11/2015 09:48 AM :nose23l36: SCOTLAND FOREVER America is the Grand Experiment..Let us not Fail.. Listed Number 1 in the Guinness World Record Book of EXTRA LARGE Steel Balls Opinions are like Farts..Only the very best linger on and on Great Men wake up to slay spam tards. Most are content to chase lizards. Therein lies the difference. Live Brave.LIVE FREE. Murphy is my patron Saint. I SIGN MY NEG KARMA |