Travel guide to Baikonur Cosmodrome

"zipfuel" (zipfuel) 05/27/2020 at 21:51 • Filed to: soyuz, Spacelopnik, Kazakhstan

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For some reason I’ve always been fascinated by Baikonur Cosmodrome, recently after looking at it on Google Earth I went searching for an annotated map to try and figure out what I could see.

This is the map that hooked me in

I found the blog of this Dutch space enthusiast who went there in 2011 and 2014 to watch Soyuz launches to the ISS. He’s written a series of pieces that comprise a comprehensive guide to visiting the place.

They are all a fantastic read, I started with this introductory one then went through his 2011 blog in order.

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They can all be found here in the full Kazakhstan section, the lucky Tupolev story is a good one too.

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EDIT: BONUS I forgot to add I also found on google maps that some hero did a 360 walkthrough of the Buran Shuttle they have at the Cosmodrome museum (unflown thermal test model)

Shuttle Buran OK-M

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jminer > zipfuel 05/27/2020 at 22:20

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This is genuinely very interesting - thanks for posting.  I will definitely read through these later.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > zipfuel 05/27/2020 at 22:28

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Neat!  This is good Oppo.  

zipfuel > jminer 05/27/2020 at 23:15

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Happy accident, I need to remember there's a lot more info out there on the internet than contained in the Wikipedia article...

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > zipfuel 05/27/2020 at 23:39

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Defi nitely watch this:

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > zipfuel 05/28/2020 at 00:02

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There’s a show called Dark Tourist (you can find it on Netflix) and the host travels to Baikonur in one episode with another thrill-seeker and a local guide . Worth a watch.