Tour for the spaceship launch

Day 1 Arrival to Baikonur town

After meeting at the Kyzylorda airport you will be taken to Baikonur town (250 km). At the checkpoint, you will go through passport control and then check in at the hotel.

During dinner, you will get acquainted with the guide. You will be given a safety briefing and told about the upcoming mission.

Day 2 Spaceport and Baikonur town tour

Today after an early rise you will go to the spaceport. Breakfast in lunchboxes will be taken with you. At exactly 7:30 the gates of the assembly and test building will open. Here you will see up close the rocket, which was assembled by a team of engineers for several months. You will watch it being installed into the launch system.

Then you will return to the town, have lunch, and go on a sightseeing tour. The town was built for the cosmodrome employees: every corner here is dedicated to the history of cosmonautics. You will walk along the pedestrian street, and see monuments to famous engineers and officers. You will also see real cargo mock-ups, the rockets that were used to test equipment before flights. 

One of the points of attraction in Baikonur is the monument to Yuri Gagarin. We recommend visiting it after sunset. From the right angle, you can see how the first cosmonaut of the Earth holds the Moon in his outstretched hands.

In the evening you will have dinner (paid extra) and then rest in the hotel.

Day 3 Launch complex and Museum of Cosmonautics visiting

After breakfast, you will go to the cosmodrome. Today you will see the Soyuz launch complex. It was originally designed for 10 launches but has already survived 519. The complex has undergone two major modernizations and is now on its third.

At the Zenit launch complex, you will also be given a tour. It is possible to send 450-ton rockets into space every 4 hours in automatic mode from here.

Lunch will be held at the cosmodrome. Afterward, you will visit the Museum of Cosmonautics. Here you will observe the exposition of space equipment, rocket engines, and houses of the famous engineer Sergei Korolev and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. You will see the Buran orbiter, the most ambitious project of Soviet cosmonautics, and the huge transport and installation unit of the Energia launch vehicle.

In the evening you will return to the town and have dinner (paid extra).

Day 4 Continuing spaceport exploration

After breakfast, exploring the cosmodrome will continue. You will see the Saturn measuring station. This station receives data from rockets launched from Baikonur. The staff will tell you about the advanced tracking equipment. You will pass between colossal dishes of long-distance space communication and new radars.

Then you will be taken on a tour of the Proton launch complex and told about heavy-lift rockets. You will learn what fortifications and huge structures are needed to withstand 60 million horsepower – rocket launch power.

At the spaceport, you will have lunch from the boxes you bring with you. Then you can explore the nuclear missile silos. Here you will be told about the history of the nuclear missile shield of the USSR and Russia.

Then you will return to the town, have dinner (paid extra) and rest. Tomorrow you will have an early rise.

Day 5 Launching a spaceship

You will rise before dawn, take your breakfast with you, and head out to the spaceport. You will be taken to the observation point. On this day in February 2024, the Progress cargo ship will be launched. In March 2024, you will observe the launch of a manned mission to the ISS on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.

Then you will return to the town and have free time. Before and after lunch you can walk around and relax.

In the evening you will have dinner (paid extra).

Day 6 Departure

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be taken to Kyzylorda airport, from where you will fly to Almaty.

If you wish, you can stay in Kazakhstan for a few more days. We are ready to offer you an additional program: trekking and excursions on mountain lakes, visiting the Medeo sports complex. Contact us, we will tell you the details.