Pictures of Ptichka in the MZK
Few weeks ago some people got inside the Buran’s assembly building at Baikonur, the MZK. They found two shuttles, the test shuttle OK-MT and the second shuttle of first generation OK-1.02 named Ptichka (little bird).
This shuttle was finished at 95% when the program was stopped and had some modifications in comparison of the model which flew.
On those pictures we can see that the cabin lost a lot of its on-board apparels during the last years. It is difficult to imagine what was really the completion level at that time. We can also see the details of the air-lock module for docking with the MIR space station (APAS system).
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2011-10-09 under
Baikonur, Buran OK-2.01.
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BRANCEK
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Is any sense to comments about NASA & Russian STS? Today it’s just a history. The story, history somtimes unknown, somtimes not unknown. However is great to know, – ad astera per astra ! JB.
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lacalaca
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Oh boy… Just compare the shots of the flight deck, only two years apart: joysticks, all the wiring gone (stolen?…), the upper panel ripped off and open, buttons gone… What will be left in a few years?
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