[FPSPACE] Energiya/Buran infrastructure at Baikonur

[Bart Hendrickx]

Here are some recent pictures of old Energiya/Buran infrastructure at the
Baikonur cosmodrome :

 

http://public.fotki.com/bajkonur/112/

 

The former Energiya assembly building (MIK 112), where the roof over the
high bays collapsed back in May 2002. While a new roof seems to have been
built over one of the high bays, the other two high bays remain exposed to
the elements and not much of the rubble appears to have been cleared.

http://public.fotki.com/bajkonur/112/resizeofp1030882.html

This shows the aft section of the Energiya stack on which the only flown
Buran vehicle was sitting when the roof collapsed. Although not visible in
the picture, whatever is left of Buran is probably still lying here as well.

 

http://public.fotki.com/bajkonur/112a/

 

The Dynamic Test Stand, which still houses a mock-up of the Energiya-M
launch vehicle. Also a few pictures here of the dilapidated Assembly and
Fueling Building (MZK), where the second spaceworthy orbiter resides (not
shown here). 

 

http://public.fotki.com/bajkonur/g0e70/

 

The crawler transporters parked outside the Energiya assembly building.

 

http://public.fotki.com/bajkonur/254-----/

 

The former Buran assembly building (MIK 254) with a fresh coat of paint.
It's now used for processing Soyuz and Progress vehicles.

 

 

Bart Hendrickx