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🚀 Space tourism
Kazakhstan: the cradle of the space age
Baikonur is space tourism at its most raw and historic. From this restricted Russian-leased zone in the Kazakh steppe, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in orbit in 1961, and Soyuz crews have long rocketed toward the ISS from the same complex. Specialist tours, arranged with permits weeks in advance, take visitors to the launch site, the cosmodrome history museum and the modest cottages where Gagarin and chief designer Korolev once slept. Standing on the windswept plain…
The Baikonur Cosmodrome, deep in the Kazakh steppe, is the world's oldest and largest operational launch site.
It was from Baikonur that Yuri Gagarin became, in 1961, the first human to travel into space.
See the guided tours of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. With a data eSIM, handle the logistics, translate and keep your tickets offline.
Book a licensed Soyuz-launch tour well ahead; entry needs a permit lodged about 40 days out and is barred to some nationalities. With a data eSIM, handle logistics, translate and keep permits saved offline.
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