Rocket Launch from Baikonur, 6 days

Airport - Astana

Arrival in Astana. Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel. Rest. Dinner in local restaurant. Accommodation at the hotel. Meals: no

Astana sightseeing

Breakfast. Astana has been the capital of the country since 1998 and international top architects, including the British star architect Norman Foster, have built the most modern buildings here.

You can see Astana’s landmark, Bayterek, a 97-meter-high observation tower with the golden egg of Samruk, the “Tree of Life”, Norman Foster’s Pyramid “Palace of Peace and Harmony”, and the largest mosque donated by the Emir of Qatar. Leisure time.

Meals: breakfast

Astana – Kyzyl-Orda

Breakfast.

Transfer to the airport

Flight Astana – Kyzylorda at later determined time.  Arrival in Kyzylorda, continuation by bus to Baikonur. Transfer to hotel. Leisure time. Meals: breakfast

Almaty sightseeing

Breakfast. Today, you watch the Soyuz rocket being moved from the Hall to the Launch Site No. 112 (an excursion of 4-4,5 hours.).

Transfer to the Launch Site № 1, here the rockets are mounted, then driven to the Soyuz assembly Hall No. 112. (The assembly-l and the test environment)

– Transfer to Launch Site 2, which is the Museum of the Baikonur Cosmodrome – there are many interesting exhibits, such as the suit of Gagarin, in which he flew, the radio system with which Korolyov spoke to him. Jakob will explain much about the space travel of yesterday and today.

– A visit to the Buran Museum. Nearby are two small houses, one in which Gagarin stayed after his space flight, in the other one Koroljow lived for 9 years.

– Transfer to Launch Site No. 41 where Marshall Nedelin is buried.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast

Baikonur

Breakfast.

Visit of the museum for the history of Baikonur City. With simple means, people begun here building the world’s first ‘Earth Orbit railway station’. There are many photos, models of various spaceships and installations, and many other things. After this visit you will have a good general picture of Baikonur.

Return to the city. Leisure. Meals: breakfast

Baikonur

Breakfast. Today you will visit the Tschelomej School.

Transfer to Launching Platform No. 254.

Then the cosmonauts come out, report that they are ready for the start. There is a classic speech. The cosmonauts say, “Ready for the start” and the head of the state commission says: “Good luck!”. Then the cosmonauts immediately go into the bus.

Transfer to Launch Site N2 and watching the Start.

Return to the hotel and one more night of accommodation.

Meals: breakfast

Almaty – Airport (20km 40 min)

Breakfast. At 05:30 AM transfer to the border point in Baikonur and continue by bus to Kyzylorda Airport.

Flight Kyzlorda –Astana at designated time, usually around noon. Transfer from Astana Airport to the city. End of services. Optional and individual program in Astana or in Almaty is possible.

Meals: breakfast