MIK-112 (N1/Buran/Soyouz Vehicle Assembly Building)

Kazakhstan / Soltustik Kazakstan / Leninogorsk /
 ruins, production
Built in 1966-67 to house construction of a Soviet rocket for a flight to the moon, (N-1).
In the mid 1970's, it was converted under the program "Energy-Buran".
After closing the program, the abandoned building was plundered by local residents.

At 9.20 am, 12 May 2002, the flat roof collapsed from tons of accumulated water and construction materials on it. Restoring the building is not planned.

The high bays 3-5 were destroyed during roof collapse in May 2002, but the low bays 1 and 2 left undamaged. Bay 1 is now in use for Soyuz launch vehicle assembly and final integration of Soyuz spacecraft with the launch vehicle. Bay 2 is used for 3 clean rooms of Starsem. The first mission, which rolled out from site 112 was "Progress M1-10" on June 6, 2003. Site 112 is under control of Samara Space Center.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)
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Coordinates:   45°55'39"N   63°17'54"E

Comments

  • Such a loss. Too bad NASA couldn't simply purchase the russian shuttles to rebuild and add them to its fleet...
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