A man stumbles across a strange abandoned spaceship left to rust in the desert

Man remembered the moment he captured the remains of abandoned exploration's £189million holy grail: a spacecraft forgotten stranded in a desert

The space shuttle Ptichka remained intact for decades after its failed attempt to launch it into orbit (

Image: mediadrumimages.com/@gregabandon)

An explorer stumbled across the abandoned remains of a derelict Soviet air shuttle in a desert.

The man remembered the moment he captured the remains of abandoned exploration's £189million holy grail: a forgotten spacecraft stranded in a desert.

A photo shows the dust-covered 105-ton space shuttle called 'Ptichka', untouched for decades after its failed attempt to launch.

In another image, the Energia rocket was abandoned in the same warehouse, in the same way.

The photos were taken by British urban explorer Greg Abandoned, using a Sony camera.

The 14,866 kgf thrust Energia rocket abandoned (

Picture:

mediadrumimages.com/@gregabandon)