Moscow photographer Pavel Ogorodnikov said on Twitter about his journey to Baikonur to abandoned ships. In his thread - details of a long road, a spectacular sight and good police.
The path was coming not a short - and illegal ideas only complicates matters.
What would illegally to get to the launch site to fit our workshops, we must overcome the road, about 35 kilometers in the wilderness, and all the spaceport protected blshaya of which part will be at night, bypassing the main road objects. pic.twitter.com/IJif8LZb1g
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
campaign team consisted of 4 people: me, @lahtionov_art@nazarov_msk and Vanya, who does not have twitter. The tickets we bought in early August, to Kyzylorda, a city 250 km away from Baikonur. Surprisingly, there there are direct flights of Aeroflot! We bought for 18000₽ pic.twitter.com/V0hCE0sZkm
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Why go to the end of September. Summer in Kazakhstan is very hot. The temperature may reach 45 degrees. It is simply dangerous to walk in the heat, plus the water would have to drag on much longer. We decided to September 27, the weather has not been so hot, in the afternoon of 25, but at night around 5
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Arrived, rest, get some water and got to the launch site. Shout "! Let's go" did not work: the way forward was coming on foot.
Time 17:00. We're moving into the steppe. You know, I'm 2 months before, every day imagining this moment. When we go out on the route. And now he was going. pic.twitter.com/fSO7zrhzch
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Sunset we caught about 10 kilometer, and by 12 was already quite dark. pic.twitter.com/wBEuQHeq4v
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
In the sky the stars appeared. Billions of stars. For the second time in my life I saw so clearly the Milky Way. Three times I saw shooting stars. Each time to make a wish that we would have reached without adventures 🤪 pic.twitter.com/z4bC3p2SNS
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
The closest to our approach to the spaceport was 980 meters from Gagarin's start. From there, in 1961 April 12 flew Gagarin. Great place!
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
And finally, you need to shop.
He's enclosed by two such perimeters of leaky thorns, climbs quickly found davolno) pic.twitter.com/lIn18LtQ9O
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Decided to spend the night in the hangar.
Place overnight was the last floor of the hangar is selected. At 3:50 we are already spread foam and sleeping and getting ready for bed. pic.twitter.com/O8hORxurXE
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Around 4:30 we heard footsteps! Steps on the stairs! Inside me again everything turned upside down. Is the fuse? We do not even really do not look! But steps have been quiet and uncertain, which meant that it was unlikely police.
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Plus we saw the spans between the Red Lantern, which is used by tourists, but not the police.
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Time 6:50, I wake up and realize that I can not sleep and lie on, when I'm in the wrong place, which dreamed of the past six months. First look at Burana. And the very Self, which shattered on the internet pic.twitter.com/hxSN8WVcja
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Started shooting.
Beginning to wake up my friends and we dogovarivaemy first shoot storms on top, and then centrally to come down and take them out there. pic.twitter.com/jPjLl62te7
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
And here is the launch pad, which would have to fly storms. Now the course is abandoned, but they say that it is guarded by tsvetmetchikov. pic.twitter.com/6yagtVwA04
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
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- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
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- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
We take pictures from above 1.5-2 hours, I decided to return to the place of lodging, and a little more sleep. Plus soon it had to be planned bypass the police, which could not be caught. Two other companions followed my example. Fourth decided to shoot more ...
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
While we were sleeping, we went up to the two men. This night they frightened us with their moves. This proved to be two of the Hungarians, who as we have done a difficult path for Buranov
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Illegal trip abruptly came to an end.
Time and 12:30. Drustan. pic.twitter.com/r1IuXOoOOf
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
In general, yes, that the fourth of our friend still asleep. And as one he could hardly have come and find us. This fiasco, bro pic.twitter.com/id7nxqNi8D
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
After 1.5 hours of our uber us arrived. pic.twitter.com/X4GReJ12s7
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
But it ended up well.
While waiting, they were allowed once again to go to the hangar and watch the storms have already reduced! You all can imagine that! Policeman something allowed! pic.twitter.com/iVzWCRWK02
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Then there were many 7 hours of ATS in the city of Baikonur. Yes, we were booked into the city, it is closed for general visiting! Gear entry pic.twitter.com/oPuudcZcY2
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
The ATS travelers questioned and removed from cameras and phones photos and video (which in the end turned out to restore).
In the end, we left the police department: no penalty, no Squeezer fingers; with a wish of good luck from the police! Best ATS in Russia where I was! And believe me, I was in many places;)
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
Bonus bit of history "Buran" - and that was the main purpose of the trip.
What is this all spaceships are and why they are abandoned, you ask? "Buran" - the orbital ship-rocket-Soviet reusable space transportation system, created in the framework of the program "Energy - Buran". pic.twitter.com/a1OkZUlFT6
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
The only space flight "Burana" was held November 15, 1988. Carrier rocket "Energy", launched from a platform 110 Baikonur cosmodrome brought the ship into orbit.
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
In 1990, work on the program "Energy-Buran" were suspended, and May 25, 1993 finally closed the program of the Council of Chief Designers decision when NGOs "Energy".
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
In 2002, the only fly in space "Buran" was destroyed in the collapse of the roof assembly and test facility in Baikonur, where it is stored, along with ready-made copies rocket "Energy". pic.twitter.com/nK3cdhtQ0e
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
At the close of the program had been built or were under construction five copies of the ship's flight "Buran". First we have already explained to you died in 2002. Second, with the code name Tempest was prepared in 95%. She then stands in an abandoned our shop, where we were going.
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
But in the shop in the photo is worth two ships, you say. And you will be right and wrong at the same time. Visually, yes, two. Actually, the second ship is a full-scale model of the orbital ship "Buran", used for dimensional and weight test fitting.
- Paul (@OGRDNKV) October 2, 2019
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