Baikonur Cosmodrome
Our company offers you a unique opportunity – amazing trip to cosmodrome Baikonur during manned and unmanned launches of spacecrafts.
This exclusive program will give you unforgettable impressions and emotions, because you’ll have a chance not only to visit the famous cosmodrome, launch pads, assembly buildings, museums and historical places, but also to witness all the stages of preparation to the launch – roll-out and rising of the rocket, international press-conference of the main and back-up crew, seeing off the cosmonauts to the cosmodrome, space crew ready-to-go official report, pre-launch excitement and finally you’ll observe the historical moment – the launch of the spacecraft.
Space will become closer and you’ll never forget this magnificent journey!
Baikonur Cosmodrome is a complicated engineering and technical complex, it is the world's oldest and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppes of Kazakhstan, about 200 kilometers east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tjuratam railway station.
The cosmodrome occupies the total area of 6717 square kilometers.
It was originally built by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s as the base of operations for its ambitious space program, but fell into decline in the years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. It is leased by the Kazakh government to Russia (currently until 2050) and is managed by the Russian Federal Space Agency.
From this cosmodrome, the first satellite of the World - "Sputnik" was launched (1957), and since the first human space flight of Yuri A. Gagarin on board the spacecraft “Vostok” (12, April 1961) over 1.200 spacecrafts launched into the universe from this port.
Baikonur is fully equipped with facilities for launching both manned and unmanned space vehicles. It supports several generations of Russian spacecraft: Soyuz, Proton, Tsyklon, Dnepr, Zenit and Buran. During the temporary lapse of the United States' Space Shuttle program after the Columbia Disaster in 2003 it played an essential role in operating and resupplying of the International Space Station with Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.
Nowadays cosmodrome Baikonur is open for international cooperation in the sphere of space exploration, for the realization of insertion to the orbit of iinternational orbital complexes of manned cosmonautics new generation.
4-day Program “Manned launch”
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Day 1
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- Flight Moscow-Baikonur
- Meeting at the airport upon arrival
- Transfer to the hotel, check-in, accommodation
- Dinner
- Spare time, rest
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Day 2
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- Roll-out of the Soyuz Rocket. We follow the Soyuz to its launch site and watch the raising of the rocket.
- Breakfast
- The Gagarin Start
- Baikonur Museum
- Orbital spaceship “Buran”
- Y. Gagarin and A. Korolev cottages
- Lunch
- Integration building, Launch complex of “Energia” rocket, “Energia-Buran complex”, “Proton” launch complex
- Transfer to the town
- Dinner
- Spare time, rest
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Day 3
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- Breakfast
- Transfer to hotel “Cosmonaut”
- International press conference with the main- and backup-crew of Soyuz-TMA
- Walk along the avenue of Cosmonauts where trees are planted in the name of Cosmonauts.
- Museum of history of cosmodrome Baikonu
- Bus tour round the town
- Lunch
- International space school
- Central market (buying of souvenirs)
- Dinner
- Free time
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Day 4
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- Breakfast
- Farewell of crew from hotel Cosmonaut
- Space Crew ready-to-go official report
- Transfer to the viewing place for the launch of the Soyuz TMA
- Observation of the launch
- “Gagarin start”
- Transfer to the airport
- Flight to Moscow
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Notes:
The time and order of visiting the facilities of cosmodrome Baikonur may be changed because of the specificity and technical features of this complex.
The cost includes:
- Flights Moscow-Baikonur, Baikonur-Moscow
- Transport services on the territory of Baikonur
- Accommodation at the hotel (three meals a day included)
- All necessary permits for visiting the cosmodrome
- Photo and video shooting permission
- Execution of the program of visiting Baikonur
8-day Space program with visit to Baikonur
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Day 1
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- Arrival to Moscow, meeting upon arrival in airport by local guide,
- Transfer to Star city hotel (inside Gagarin Cosmonaut training center), check-in.
- Dinner in Star cit.
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Day 2
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- Tour to Gagarin Cosmonauts training center, Space museum, Gagarin memorial room.
- Lunch in Star city.
- Excursion to Mission Control Center.
- Tour to Energia Spacecraft plant museum (numerous exhibits include original Soviet spacecraft, e.g. Gagarin's, Tereshkova's, Leonov's, etc.).
- Dinner in Star city.
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Day 3
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- Flight from Moscow to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- Meeting upon arrival in Baikonur and assisted thru arrival procedures.
- Transfer to the Hotel for check in.
- Dinner.
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Day 4
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Full day touring Baikonur facilities.
- Program begins with the very early morning roll-out of the Soyuz Rocket. We follow the Soyuz to its launch site and watch the raising of the rocket.
- Breakfast.
- Continue to the Baikonur Museum, the Y. Gagarin and S. Korolev living apartments, the Gagarin Start (launch pad) where the Sputnik launches took place (and all other manned launches), the “launch pit” where all the space trash from the launches is dumped and the monument to the beginning of the Space Age.
- Lunch.
- Afternoon Buran hanger where the rockets are assembled, the Energia and Proton launch pads.
- Dinner at the Restaurant.
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Day 5
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- Breakfast.
- Morning program includes the ISS Crew Press Conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel. First walk along the avenue of Cosmonauts where trees are planted in the name of Cosmonauts. Museum of history of cosmodrome Baikonur. Bus tour round the town.
- Lunch.
- International space school and Central market (buying of souvenirs).
- Dinner.
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Day 6
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Launch day
- Witness the process before, during and after the launch. Seeing off the crew from the hotel and the Space Crew ready-to-go official report.
- Access to the viewing place for the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft.
- Celebrating the launch.
- Flight departure from Baikonur to Moscow.
- Arrival to Moscow, meeting upon arrival in airport by local guide, transfer to hotel Cosmos, check-in.
- Dinner in hotel.
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Day 7
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- Tour to Korolev memorial house-museum.
- Excursion to Space exploration museum.
- Lunch in hotel
- Moscow city tour or the Kremlin (optional).
- Dinner in hotel.
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Day 8
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- Transfer from Cosmos hotel to airport for flight back home.
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In addition to the basic program in Baikonur we can offer you the visit to Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (excursions, training on simulators, incentives), the visit to Mission Control Centre, Museum of RSC “Energia”, museum of the Air Force, Memorial museum of cosmonautics
You can surely rely on us if you need:
- Russia visa support
- Hotel reservation in Moscow, St.Petersburg, in the Moscow district near Star City, other cities in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan
- City tour in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and other Russia cities with an experienced guide and driver
- Reservation of plane and train tickets round Russia and abroad
- Reservation of car, van or bus in Moscow, St.Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod
Formalities:
- You should send your application at least 45 days before the visit of cosmodrome Baikonur with special questionnaires and copies of passports of all the participants enclosed.
- Both children and adults can take part in the program
- The program should be paid 21 day in advance according to the agreement and invoice.
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We can also provide 3-day program “Soyuz landing” in Kazakhstan upon your request.
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The planned launches of manned Soyuz spacecraft in 2012 (dates and crews can be changed any time) are:
Soyuz TMA-04M
March 28, 2012
Commander Gennadi Padalka, Russia
cosmonaut Sergei Revin, Russia
astronaut NASA Joseph Acaba, USA
Soyuz TMA-05M
May 30, 2012
Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Russia
astronaut NASA Sunita Williams, USA
astronaut NASDA Akihiko Hoshide, Japan
Soyuz TMA-06M
September 26, 2012
Commander Oleg Novitsky, Russia
astronaut Yevgeni Tarelkin, Russia
astronaut NASA Kevin Ford, USA
