Check Out The Piece Of History This Urban Explorer Discovered In Kazakhstan
Urban explorer and photographer, Ralph Mirebs, is always in search of things that fascinate, and when he finds them, he immediately shares them with the public for others to enjoy. Well, recently, he discovered something that he felt especially compelled to share.
On a recent trek in Kazakhstan, he came across a remarkable spectacle - a massive, abandoned Soviet Space Shuttle Program hangar. Here are the extraordinary images he captured.

With the discontinuation of NASA’s shuttle program, Russian Soyuz shuttles are the only means left that astronauts can use reach the International Space Station.


The rear shuttle served as an operational prototype while the front shuttle operated as a test mock-up for mating and load tests.












“The romance of space exploration is gone, leaving only dry figures and financial statistics. Why spend billions on space if it does not bring profit in the foreseeable future?†Mirebs asks on his blog.

“You can regret the lost time and mourn the greatness of the past, but the facts remain – Russia is rapidly losing its status as a leading space power."
