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ArsTechnica has a story about the abandoned Soviet era Space Shuttle project.
When the project was cancelled, (along with the USSR), like so many other things in the Soviet Union at that time, the workers were sent home, the doors locked, and the entire project lies abandoned.
No attempt seems to have been made to fill museums, or salvage any of the shuttles for historical purposes.
The photos are from Ralph Mirebs from the Baikonur Cosmodrome who's page has many more. The Page is in Russian but the Google Translate version renders the descriptions to passable English.
Similar photo essays for other abandoned Soviet era projects Ekranoplan, a missile carrying ground effect vehicle designed for dash attack on naval targets or shore installations. (don't miss paging arrows at side of images).
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(Score: 2) by paulej72 on Wednesday June 17 2015, @11:37AM
The one with the simpler thrusters was a test article like Enterprise. That is the the one from which the interior shots were done. That is why some of the pieces are wooden as they were just there for size and weight not function. The one with the missing tiles around the nose cone, was a real space-worthy orbiter that never had the chance to fly.
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