{"id":540,"date":"2015-07-04T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2015-07-04T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T10:41:15","slug":"abandoned-russian-space-hangar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/abandoned-russian-space-hangar\/","title":{"rendered":"This Guy Discovered An Enormous Abandoned Building In The Middle Of Nowhere. What He Found Inside Is Incredible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring <a href=\"http:\/\/boredombash.com\/abandoned-insane-asylums\/\" target=\"_blank\">abandoned buildings<\/a> has become a very popular past time. Folk seek out disused factories, railway stations, hospitals and so on, stalking the corridors to take snapshots of a forgotten time.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Ralph Mirebs was roaming modern-day Kazakhstan, when he came across a huge <a href=\"http:\/\/boredombash.com\/42-images-of-creepy-abandoned-places\/\" target=\"_blank\">abandoned building<\/a>. Curious, he decided to go inside the structure, and discovered that it was a disused Soviet space hangar! Built in 1974, for the Buran <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/science\/nasa-live-feed-ufos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Space<\/a> Shuttle Program, the hangar remained operational until 1993 when the USSR collapsed. When Ralph entered the building, it had been untouched for 22 years!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-559\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-1.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 1\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The program itself was a failure, with only one of three shuttles making it into orbit before the end of the Soviet Union. The two which didn&#8217;t make it into space remain in the hangar, in almost perfect condition.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the gallery below:<\/p>\n<p>1. The two shuttles viewed from the top of the hangar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-558\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-2.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 2\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Close up of the second shuttle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-557\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-4.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 4\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Rear of the second shuttle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-556\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-5.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 5\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Equipment used to service the space craft.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-555\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-6.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 6\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Yellow platforms sat on pneumatic rollers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-554\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-7.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 7\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. A rusting walkway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-553\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-8.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 8\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/>7. Close up of the first shuttle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-552\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-9.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 9\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. Pneumatic rollers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-551\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-10.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 10\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9. Nose of second shuttle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-11.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 11\" width=\"700\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>10. Front side of first shuttle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-12.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 12\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>11. Cockpit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-548\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-13.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 13\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>12. Side view of cockpit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-547\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-14.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 14\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>13. Electrics inside the fuselage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-546\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-15.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 15\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>14. Hatch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-545\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-16.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 16\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>15. Back half of fuselage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-544\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-17.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 17\" width=\"700\" height=\"517\" \/><\/p>\n<p>16. Ralph stood in front of the shuttle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-543\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Russian-Hangar-18.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Hangar 18\" width=\"700\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring abandoned buildings has become a very popular past time. 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