Energia-Buran programme. Part 2.

This building, known as MZK (Russian for Assembly and Fueling Complex) is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) and contains second Buran-class spaceplane OK-1K2 Burya (Storm), which was never completed and also OK-MT - an earlier static test model used for testing and training. Buran (Snowstorm) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Buran programme - Soviet reusable spacecraft project. The only orbital launch of the Buran-class orbiter occurred on 15 November 1988. Buran was lifted into space, on an unmanned mission, by the specially designed Energia rocket. After the first flight of a Buran shuttle, the project was suspended due to lack of funds and the political situation in the Soviet Union. On 12 May 2002 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome the MIK 112 hangar collapsed as a result of poor maintenance. The collapse killed eight workers and destroyed the craft as well as an Energia carrier rocket. МЗК - монтажно-заправочный комплекс на территории космодрома Байконур,