#BaikonurCosmodrome

#otd in 1988, the Soviet Space Shuttle #Buran launched for the first and only time on the giant #Energia rocket. This is the giant rail transporter-erector that was built for the project at the #BaikonurCosmodrome. The 'grasshopper' was pulled by by four railcars and was used to bring the stack to the launch site. I took this picture in 2014 during a visit to Baikonur. But I am pretty sure that those 2700+ tons of steel still sit exactly in the same place today.