Embark on a journey to the heart of Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome, where the remnants of the Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle program lie in silent testimony to a once-vibrant era of space ...

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 ...

Now, if you want to see the Buran space plane for yourself you'll have to travel to Baikonur, but that's not because you'll have to sneak into this hanger.

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.

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.

Urban explorers at Baikonur are mostly interested in the hangar that contains Russia’s two Buran spaceplanes, decommissioned in the 1990s. The Buran was Russia’s answer to America’s space shuttle and ...

Two years ago, British YouTuber Benjamin Rich and a Belarusian woman after they snuck into the Buran hanger, which houses two prototype shuttles part of the failed 1980s Buran shuttle programme.

The type needed to be capable of transporting the Buran space shuttle. This requirement dictated several key aspects of its design, particularly the twin rudders, whose configuration was crucial for ...

The flown Buran went into storage in a hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. In 2002, the hangar collapsed and eight people lost their lives. The shell of the hangar remains in place.