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Abandoned Space shuttle hangar, in Kazakhstan (lemmy.nz)
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[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

The Buran

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

An article from 2015 with a couple more pictures:

https://barnfinds.com/biggest-barn-find-ever-russian-space-shuttles/

Two more articles with some higher resolution photos and videos:

https://www.outono.net/elentir/2018/04/03/they-sneak-into-a-russian-base-and-there-record-two-abandoned-space-shuttles/

https://www.outono.net/elentir/2024/01/20/the-infiltration-of-spanish-urban-explorers-into-the-russian-baikonur-cosmodrome/

Found the original LiveJournal blog (in Russian) with all the pictures, including interiors of the shuttles:

https://ralphmirebs.livejournal.com/219949.html

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

And it has a decaying shuttle!