The Buran programme flew once, uncrewed, in 1988. Its prototypes ended up in a Baikonur hangar, gathering dust and pigeon feathers under a roof that once collapsed.

Urban explorers who reach the site describe orbiters still sitting on their stands, logos intact. The images look like a deleted scene from a sci-fi film about a space race that ended halfway.

Why it is in the vault: it is the kind of find worth coming back to. Add sources, corrections and related links in the discussion thread.