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URBEX | Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran) in Baikonur

Exploring the Unbeaten Path · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Urban explorers break into the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to film the abandoned Soviet Buran space shuttles. The video shows the decaying orbiters and the dangerous trip to reach them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in space and Soviet-history threads as striking footage of the rotting Buran shuttles.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a really cool video some guys made when they broke into the facility in Kazakhstan”

    Cool video of breaking into the Baikonur facility.

    cronix, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Honeywell gets hit with $13M fine for defense export violations”

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Topics: buran, baikonur, urbex, soviet space program, abandoned places

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