URBEX | Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (Buran) in Baikonur

Baikonur is located in the Kazakh desert. The largest and oldest launch site in the world. It is an active Russian military site, but some buildings are

abandoned

. We will visit the

space

shuttles

of the Buran project that are hidden in a hangar there. The Buran project dates back to the

space

race and was the Russians' largest and most expensive space project. It's a crazy and dangerous mission. We've been on our way for days. At the end of the third day. More than a thousand kilometers traveled, two flights, Jesus, you have to be willing to do something for it.

Yes, for us it is all worth it. In fact, I think this is my favorite place. So I hope we don't encounter unexpected things. Suddenly we see a car in the desert with its lights on and we hear three gunshots that I can still see. The car is always there. We have no idea what is happening and we continue to be cautious. Thank goodness we didn't continue, they've made some kind of traps here... They've placed sharp pegs in the ground. If you think so, your tire is really broken. You can be sure it's dark, so we take the infrared camera and I see the red light.

Yes -Okay Very striking So, if something happens, it's better not to film Three, four, five four, five kilometers or? Yes It's good to do It's pretty deep We're in the building now, we just have to get in quickly because there are cars driving around here Let's go up -Yes Fatter than fat There are bats It's beautiful, let's go up -Yes We' We're sitting here for a while, relaxing, Jan and Morten are already asleep. This is the only room without windows, so we're kind of safe here. We also heard two or three gunshots. on the road, but unfortunately those are not on the screen And a car we saw with brake lights is not on the screen either But it was exciting - Off camera By the way, it's two o'clock at night now - Local time We're pretty tired, soon we will go to sleep.

Half past five the sun rises again So it's going to be another long day, but cool -And a short, very short night, again It's already the third bad night we've had. I look like a zombie But I don't care about that at all, so there is nothing more beautiful than waking up next to this. It's really cool, man. It's time to get up. -What time is it? Six hours or something? It's half past six. I didn't think we'd ever get in here, man. The cars are parked next to the hangar. When the coast is clear again.

If I were someone from here, I would come take a look every day or at least once a week. -Yes, it is still beautiful to see. On video it is much less impressive than in real life. The Buran project began in 174 and officially ended in 1993. These space

shuttles

have never been in space. This ferry is 78% complete. The only operational Buran was lost when a hangar collapsed in 2002. To give an idea of ​​how big it is here, it's hard to estimate that it's still coming. to do it soon. Let's see right away if we can get in, you don't come across that every day.

It's just styrofoam, right? -Yes, it has something hard, the interior is actually made of polystyrene. Is it open or can't you get through? -No, you can't go any further here. So now we have gotten into the Buran, on one of the space shuttles. Just leave it somewhere. You should look. Or are they only on fighter jets? What kind of sound is that? So there we are, on the ferry. -On the ferry, really? Mmmmm, yes! By the way, epic photo with the two of us on the ferry. We were right on the ferry, Jan comes running and screaming that we had to hide.

Because the cars have arrived here, so we have to sit quietly on this ferry for a while. It's not a punishment. It's quite a noise for someone who is hiding. Can you hear it? Jan is watching security for a moment. Security is going around. And there is someone working on the train, today he can be seen cooking spaghetti bolognese. Normally we can't pump gas. plane, so we settled for lighters. Almost Bob, he's there! I think it's coming this way And we have to hide again After 30 minutes, security checks another building Just prepare the drone and charge the phone There has to be two people watching, because that, of course, will make a lot of noise And that's not it the only problem, because we don't have GPS inside So flying is also very difficult, with all those obstacles -Yes, those cables and things Ah, well, a few thousand euros -I believe in you Morten and Jan are lying in wait, units of Security all the time passed, hoping he wouldn't come.

Come on. It will not be easy. Give me the error messages flying around my ears. That was almost against the wall. Did I see a bit of panic there? ? -Yeah. It normally lands automatically. -Apparently not today.