When I was a kid I was fascinated by space. I used to build Lego cosmodromes that sent little plastic men on imaginary journeys across the galaxy. But at the same time these guys were doing it for real. This is Buran, the space plane that represented the pride and hopes of the Soviet people
The launch of the Soyuz MS-15 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2019 took the first Astronaut from the UAE into space.
What was once, one of the most secret places on earth now lies abandoned within the radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. One of the first videos from our week long filming trip.
From July 1976 to December 1989 a mysterious radio signal could be heard all over the world. Its source was a subject of much controversy, but at the end of the cold war the speculation ended and made way for the truth. Its source was a top secret Soviet Military installation which now lies abandoned and in ruins.
In Feb 2014, with his country on the brink of civil war, Viktor Yanukovych knew it was over. Apparently he packed as much money and gold as he could and fled to Russia by helicopter. This is what he left behind.
Whilst Germany was divided this building housed the Iraqi embassy to the former GDR, now the building lies abandoned with broken windows and paperwork including old visa applications scattered on the floor.