French photographer Jonk snuck into Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan to capture images of the Buran shuttle.

The Buran orbiter that made the initial three-hour flight was destroyed in 2002, when the roof of the hangar where it was stored in Kazakhstan collapsed.

The payload bay was 60 feet long with a 15-foot diameter. Unfortunately, in 2002 the hangar storing the Buran collapsed, destroying the lone Soviet space shuttle.

Photographer Ralph Mirebs visited an abandoned hangar near the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It houses two shuttles (shown) that were part of the ill-fated Buran shuttle programme.

The first Buran shuttle made just a single, unpiloted flight to orbit in 1988. However, this vehicle was destroyed in 2002 after the roof of the hangar where it was stored at the Baikonur ...

Four orbiters in various stages of completion, including one known as Ptichka (little bird) were left to languish. Buran was destroyed in 2002 when the hangar housing it collapsed.

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Ekaterinburg's aviation and military museum complex is preparing to undertake restoration of an orbiter from the Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle programme, six months after the vehicle's ...

Buran was launched into space by a disposable Energia rocket. It could not fly over the landing site on its own. A new aircraft, the largest in the world, was supposed to solve this problem. Ukrainian ...

An Energia rocket was also found in the abandoned hangar. The Soviet space programme was later suspended due to a lack of funds after just the first Buran flight.

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