These incredible pictures were taken by a young Russian woman after she crept inside a factory belonging to one of the world’s top manufacturers of liquid-fuel rockets.
Lana Sator found her way into one of NPO Energomash’s huge factories outside the Russian capital Moscow, without coming across a single security guard – or indeed any other employees at all.
But she could now be in some serious trouble with the Russian government.
The young blogger and her friends were able to simply jump over the fence surrounding the complex, climb the ladders surrounding the outside, and find their way right into its heart through a series of gangways, tunnels and pipes.
But this apparently decrepit factory is far from abandoned. NPO Energomash builds rockets that power the modern Soyuz, the Zenit 3SL, and the Angara and Baikal launch vehicles.
Their RD-180 engine powers the first stage of the Atlas V, an American rocket, and they have strong ties to the Russian military – which has one of the biggest arsenals of nuclear armed ballistic missiles in the world
The Russian government has already responded to Ms Sator’s adventures in the strategically important site. Officials have sent her letters warning that her situation will get ‘much worse’ if she keeps posting photos from the factory online.
For her part, Ms Sator has been undeterred and simply posted the letters on her own blog – lana-sator.livejournal.com – for the world to see.
Lana Sator found her way into one of NPO Energomash’s huge factories outside the Russian capital Moscow, without coming across a single security guard – or indeed any other employees at all.
But she could now be in some serious trouble with the Russian government.
The young blogger and her friends were able to simply jump over the fence surrounding the complex, climb the ladders surrounding the outside, and find their way right into its heart through a series of gangways, tunnels and pipes.
But this apparently decrepit factory is far from abandoned. NPO Energomash builds rockets that power the modern Soyuz, the Zenit 3SL, and the Angara and Baikal launch vehicles.
Their RD-180 engine powers the first stage of the Atlas V, an American rocket, and they have strong ties to the Russian military – which has one of the biggest arsenals of nuclear armed ballistic missiles in the world
The Russian government has already responded to Ms Sator’s adventures in the strategically important site. Officials have sent her letters warning that her situation will get ‘much worse’ if she keeps posting photos from the factory online.
For her part, Ms Sator has been undeterred and simply posted the letters on her own blog – lana-sator.livejournal.com – for the world to see.
