Two tourists detained for unlawfully entering Baikonur in Kazakhstan
Two tourists were detained for entering the grounds of the Baikonur spaceport without proper authorization, Kazakhstan's Prosecutor General's …
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Tourist flights to Baikonur to be launched soon
The legendary Baikonur Cosmodrome will be more accessible to visitors soon. Air routes from Russia and Kazakhstan will be organized to the space launch site.
How to get to Baikonur Cosmodrome explained
Many tourists in Kazakhstan are interested in visiting Baikonur. This can be done legally, Kazkosmos reminded.
Russia's Progress cargo ship launches to ISS
A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-27 resupply ship has blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome towards the International Space Station (ISS). In about 9 minutes, the space freighter was delivered into orbit. The flight …
Roscosmos ready to extend contract with Baikonur
The developer of Russia's Proton space launchers, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, and Russian state corporation Roscosmos have proposed to continue launches of Proton rockets from the …
Russia and Kazakhstan discuss Baiterek and tourism at Baikonur
Today, a meeting of the intergovernmental commission of Kazakhstan and Russia was held, the topic of which was the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov and the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar.
Progress MS-24 cargo spaceship send to International Space Station
Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-24 cargo spaceship has blasted off from Site 31 of the Baikonur spaceport, according to the Roscosmos State Space Corporation’s broadcast. The spaceship is expected to dock …
Criminal gang neutralized at Baikonur
According to the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, the day before, in Baikonur a joint operation of Kazakh and Russian special services was held to neutralize a socially dangerous organized criminal group. The …
Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft put into orbit
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket put the Progress MS-21 cargo ship into low-Earth orbit, now it will have to fly independently to the International Space Station (ISS) for two days, according to the Mission Control Center in the Moscow region, where the …
Russia puts Iranian satellite Khayyam into orbit
A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, equipped with a Fregat booster, which is to put into orbit the Iranian satellite Khayyam and 16 small spacecraft, was launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, according to a live broadcast on the Roscosmos …
Situation in Baikonur calm despite protests
Law enforcement agencies in Baikonur, a city in Kazakhstan, which is leased by Russia, are working as normal and the situation is calm, the press service of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos told reporters on Wednesday. …
Soyuz carrier rocket with Progress MS-18 cargo spaceship blasts off from Baikonur
The Progress MS-18 cargo spaceship that was launched from the Baikonur spaceport8 has separated from the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, according to a broadcast on Russian state space corporation Roscosmos’ website. The spaceship will …
Russian film crew to fly to ISS to shoot feature film
The launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a carrying the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday. Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, as well as actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, who …
Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a rocket with manned spacecraft blasts off from Baikonur
A Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft named after Yuri Gagarin carrying three crewmembers of the next long-term expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) separated from the upper stage of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket and started its autonomous …
Russian doctors arrive to Baikonur (VIDEO)
Russian doctors flew to Kazakhstan's Baikonur to combat the Covid-19 outbreak. The relevant message was published on the Roscosmos website. A charter flight of the state corporation with the combined medical detachment of the …
Americans' last flight from Baikonur
Despite SpaceX success, NASA will pay Russia $90 million to take U.S. astronaut to the ISS
Tokayev: Baikonur free economic zone’s creation to boost economy
The creation of a free economic zone at the Baikonur spaceport could make a significant contribution to the economy of Kazakhstan and Russia, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said. "Our cooperation in the space sector …
ISS crew members Skripochka, Morgan and Meirreturns to Earth (VIDEO)
The Soyuz MS-15 manned spacecraft with three International Space Station (ISS) crewmembers on board has landed in Kazakhstan, 147 km to the southeast of the city of Zhezqazghan. The Roscosmos website organized a live transmission of the …
Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft with crewmembers delivered into orbit (VIDEO)
Russia’s Soyuz MS-16 manned spacecraft with three crewmembers of a long-term expedition to the International Space Station separated from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket and embarked on its autonomous flight to the orbital …
Kazakhstan’s Senate ratifies protocol to build Baiterek space launch facility
Kazakhstan’s Senate ratified the protocol on amendments and supplements to the agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Russia on building the Baiterek space launch facility at the Baikonur space center signed on December 22, …
