Gagarin Monument
Museum about the history of Baikonur Cosmodrome
Rocket alley
The rocket alley along the Abay avenue is a new attraction of the city Baikonur. Tourist can see multiple not in scale rocket models like the first manned rocket Vostok, the moon rocket N-1, the famous and still flying Soyuz…
Gagarin Pavillon
The Gagarin Pavillon is a historical place in the city of Baikonur. On this place, close to the Syr-Darya river, a meeting of the State Commission with the first cosmonaut corps was held on April 10, 1961. At this meeting…
Assembly & Fueling Building for Buran
A legendary space object you have to see! In the heart of Baikonur, inside a mysterious hangar, the MZK or Assembly & Fueling Building on site 112A, two unique artifacts of the Soviet space dream still rest: “Burya” – a…
Bactrian camel
Across the vast steppe and semi-deserts of southern Kazakhstan, near the legendary Baikonur Cosmodrome, one of the most iconic animals of Central Asia still roams: the Bactrian camel. With its two humps and calm, enduring presence, it is a living…
Corsac fox
In the wide, wind-swept steppes surrounding the Baikonur Cosmodrome, another elusive resident roams mostly unseen: the corsac fox. Small, pale, and perfectly adapted to life in the semi-desert, this fox is one of the steppe’s most skillful survivors. A fox…
Four-clawed tortoise
In the vast steppe of southern Kazakhstan, not far from the legendary Baikonur Cosmodrome, lives a small but remarkable reptile: the four-clawed tortoise. Known scientifically as Testudo horsfieldii, it is also called the Central Asian tortoise, Russian tortoise, or steppe…
Dynamic Test Stand facility with Energia-M rocket
Here, the Energia was literally put to the test – shaken like in a hurricane, slammed with over-loads, pushed to its limits. Did it hold up? It FLYED! This is not just a test stand – its a time machine…
Gagarin’s start – Launch Pad No. 1
This is Launch Pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, from which, on April 12, 1961 at 09:07 a.m. Moscow time, the Vostok launch vehicle carried the first human in space – Yuri Gagarin. From this very spot, the following…
The Birthplace of Human Spaceflight – Visit Baikonur Cosmodrome
